أقوى

See also: اقوي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق و ي (q-w-y)

Elative of قَوِيّ (qawiyy, “strong”).

Adjective

أَقْوَى • (ʔaqwā) (masculine plural أَقْوَوْنَ (ʔaqwawna))

1. elative degree of قَوِيّ (qawiyy):
   1. stronger; strongest
      • a. 523 CE, عَمْرو بْن مَالِك بْن ضُبَيْعَة اَلْبَكْرِيّ (ʕAmr ibn Mālik ibn Ḍubayʕa al-Bakriyy), compiled by عَبْد اَلْعَزِيز نَبَوِيّ (ʕAbd Al-ʕAzīz Nabawiyy), دِيوَانُ بَنِي بَكْرٍ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّة (Dīwānu Banī Bakrin fī Al-Jāhiliyya), 1st edition, Cairo: Dār Az-Zahrāʾ, published 1989, →OCLC, page 475:

        وَيُزْرِي بِعَقْلِ ٱلمَرْءِ قِلَّةُ مَالِهِ / وَإِنْ كَانَ أَقْوَى مِنْ رِجَالٍ وَأَحْيَلَا

        wayuzrī biʕaqli l-marʔi qillatu mālihi / waʔin kāna ʔaqwā min rijālin waʔaḥyalā

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of adjective أَقْوَى (ʔaqwā)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	singular invariable		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَقْوَى ʔaqwā	الْأَقْوَى al-ʔaqwā	قُوَّى quwwā	الْقُوَّى al-quwwā
Nominative	أَقْوَى ʔaqwā	الْأَقْوَى al-ʔaqwā	قُوَّى quwwā	الْقُوَّى al-quwwā
Accusative	أَقْوَى ʔaqwā	الْأَقْوَى al-ʔaqwā	قُوَّى quwwā	الْقُوَّى al-quwwā
Genitive	أَقْوَى ʔaqwā	الْأَقْوَى al-ʔaqwā	قُوَّى quwwā	الْقُوَّى al-quwwā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَقْوَيَيْن ʔaqwayayn	الْأَقْوَيَيْن al-ʔaqwayayn	قُوَّيَيْن quwwayayn	الْقُوَّيَيْن al-quwwayayn
Nominative	أَقْوَيَانِ ʔaqwayāni	الْأَقْوَيَانِ al-ʔaqwayāni	قُوَّيَانِ quwwayāni	الْقُوَّيَانِ al-quwwayāni
Accusative	أَقْوَيَيْنِ ʔaqwayayni	الْأَقْوَيَيْنِ al-ʔaqwayayni	قُوَّيَيْنِ quwwayayni	الْقُوَّيَيْنِ al-quwwayayni
Genitive	أَقْوَيَيْنِ ʔaqwayayni	الْأَقْوَيَيْنِ al-ʔaqwayayni	قُوَّيَيْنِ quwwayayni	الْقُوَّيَيْنِ al-quwwayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound plural in ـَوْنَ (-awna)		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَقْوَيْن ʔaqwayn	الْأَقْوَيْن al-ʔaqwayn	قُوَّيَات quwwayāt	الْقُوَّيَات al-quwwayāt
Nominative	أَقْوَوْنَ ʔaqwawna	الْأَقْوَوْنَ al-ʔaqwawna	قُوَّيَاتٌ quwwayātun	الْقُوَّيَاتُ al-quwwayātu
Accusative	أَقْوَيْنَ ʔaqwayna	الْأَقْوَيْنَ al-ʔaqwayna	قُوَّيَاتٍ quwwayātin	الْقُوَّيَاتِ al-quwwayāti
Genitive	أَقْوَيْنَ ʔaqwayna	الْأَقْوَيْنَ al-ʔaqwayna	قُوَّيَاتٍ quwwayātin	الْقُوَّيَاتِ al-quwwayāti

References

• أَقْوَى - معجم الدوحة التاريخي للغة العربية

Verb

أَقْوَى • (ʔaqwā) IV, non-past يُقْوِي‎ (yuqwī)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:73:

     نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَاهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَمَتَاعًا لِلْمُقْوِينَ

     naḥnu jaʕalnāhā taḏkiratan wamatāʕan lilmuqwīna

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of

أَقْوَى

(form-IV final-weak)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						إِقْوَاء ʔiqwāʔ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُقْوٍ muqwin
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أَقْوَيْتُ ʔaqwaytu	أَقْوَيْتَ ʔaqwayta	أَقْوَى ʔaqwā		أَقْوَيْتُمَا ʔaqwaytumā	أَقْوَيَا ʔaqwayā		أَقْوَيْنَا ʔaqwaynā	أَقْوَيْتُمْ ʔaqwaytum	أَقْوَوْا ʔaqwaw
	f		أَقْوَيْتِ ʔaqwayti	أَقْوَتْ ʔaqwat			أَقْوَتَا ʔaqwatā			أَقْوَيْتُنَّ ʔaqwaytunna	أَقْوَيْنَ ʔaqwayna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُقْوِي ʔuqwī	تُقْوِي tuqwī	يُقْوِي yuqwī		تُقْوِيَانِ tuqwiyāni	يُقْوِيَانِ yuqwiyāni		نُقْوِي nuqwī	تُقْوُونَ tuqwūna	يُقْوُونَ yuqwūna
	f		تُقْوِينَ tuqwīna	تُقْوِي tuqwī			تُقْوِيَانِ tuqwiyāni			تُقْوِينَ tuqwīna	يُقْوِينَ yuqwīna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُقْوِيَ ʔuqwiya	تُقْوِيَ tuqwiya	يُقْوِيَ yuqwiya		تُقْوِيَا tuqwiyā	يُقْوِيَا yuqwiyā		نُقْوِيَ nuqwiya	تُقْوُوا tuqwū	يُقْوُوا yuqwū
	f		تُقْوِي tuqwī	تُقْوِيَ tuqwiya			تُقْوِيَا tuqwiyā			تُقْوِينَ tuqwīna	يُقْوِينَ yuqwīna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُقْوِ ʔuqwi	تُقْوِ tuqwi	يُقْوِ yuqwi		تُقْوِيَا tuqwiyā	يُقْوِيَا yuqwiyā		نُقْوِ nuqwi	تُقْوُوا tuqwū	يُقْوُوا yuqwū
	f		تُقْوِي tuqwī	تُقْوِ tuqwi			تُقْوِيَا tuqwiyā			تُقْوِينَ tuqwīna	يُقْوِينَ yuqwīna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		أَقْوِ ʔaqwi			أَقْوِيَا ʔaqwiyā				أَقْوُوا ʔaqwū
	f		أَقْوِي ʔaqwī							أَقْوِينَ ʔaqwīna

Etymology 2

Verb

أَقْوَى • (ʔaqwā) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of قَوِيَ (qawiya)
2. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of قَوِيَ (qawiya)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق و ي
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَقْوَى (ʔaqwā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaɡ.wa/

Adjective

أَقْوَى • (ʔagwa)

1. elative degree of قَوي (gawi): strong
   1. stronger; strongest

Verb

أقوى • (ʔagwa) IV (non-past يِقوى (yigwa))

1. to be able to handle someone