قوام

Arabic

Adjective

قَوَّام • (qawwām) (feminine قَوَّامَة (qawwāma), masculine plural قَوَّامُون (qawwāmūn), feminine plural قَوَّامَات (qawwāmāt))

1. literally one who stands up for, who shows support, one who promotes or advocates on behalf of something especially for rights, fairness, or justice
   • Quran 4:33

     اَلرِّجَالُ قَوَّامُونَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ

     ar-rijālu qawwāmūna ʕalā n-nisāʔi

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of adjective قَوَّام (qawwām)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	قَوَّام qawwām	الْقَوَّام al-qawwām	قَوَّامَة qawwāma	الْقَوَّامَة al-qawwāma
nominative	قَوَّامٌ qawwāmun	الْقَوَّامُ al-qawwāmu	قَوَّامَةٌ qawwāmatun	الْقَوَّامَةُ al-qawwāmatu
accusative	قَوَّامًا qawwāman	الْقَوَّامَ al-qawwāma	قَوَّامَةً qawwāmatan	الْقَوَّامَةَ al-qawwāmata
genitive	قَوَّامٍ qawwāmin	الْقَوَّامِ al-qawwāmi	قَوَّامَةٍ qawwāmatin	الْقَوَّامَةِ al-qawwāmati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	قَوَّامَيْن qawwāmayn	الْقَوَّامَيْن al-qawwāmayn	قَوَّامَتَيْن qawwāmatayn	الْقَوَّامَتَيْن al-qawwāmatayn
nominative	قَوَّامَانِ qawwāmāni	الْقَوَّامَانِ al-qawwāmāni	قَوَّامَتَانِ qawwāmatāni	الْقَوَّامَتَانِ al-qawwāmatāni
accusative	قَوَّامَيْنِ qawwāmayni	الْقَوَّامَيْنِ al-qawwāmayni	قَوَّامَتَيْنِ qawwāmatayni	الْقَوَّامَتَيْنِ al-qawwāmatayni
genitive	قَوَّامَيْنِ qawwāmayni	الْقَوَّامَيْنِ al-qawwāmayni	قَوَّامَتَيْنِ qawwāmatayni	الْقَوَّامَتَيْنِ al-qawwāmatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	قَوَّامِين qawwāmīn	الْقَوَّامِين al-qawwāmīn	قَوَّامَات qawwāmāt	الْقَوَّامَات al-qawwāmāt
nominative	قَوَّامُونَ qawwāmūna	الْقَوَّامُونَ al-qawwāmūna	قَوَّامَاتٌ qawwāmātun	الْقَوَّامَاتُ al-qawwāmātu
accusative	قَوَّامِينَ qawwāmīna	الْقَوَّامِينَ al-qawwāmīna	قَوَّامَاتٍ qawwāmātin	الْقَوَّامَاتِ al-qawwāmāti
genitive	قَوَّامِينَ qawwāmīna	الْقَوَّامِينَ al-qawwāmīna	قَوَّامَاتٍ qawwāmātin	الْقَوَّامَاتِ al-qawwāmāti

Related terms

• قِوَامَة f (qiwāma)

Noun

قِوَام • (qiwām) m

1. verbal noun of قَاوَمَ (qāwama) (form III)

Declension

Declension of noun قِوَام (qiwām)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِوَام qiwām	الْقِوَام al-qiwām	قِوَام qiwām
nominative	قِوَامٌ qiwāmun	الْقِوَامُ al-qiwāmu	قِوَامُ qiwāmu
accusative	قِوَامًا qiwāman	الْقِوَامَ al-qiwāma	قِوَامَ qiwāma
genitive	قِوَامٍ qiwāmin	الْقِوَامِ al-qiwāmi	قِوَامِ qiwāmi

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: قوام (kıvam)
  • Turkish: kıvam

Adjective

قُوَّام • (quwwām)

1. masculine plural of قَائِم (qāʔim)

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔawaːm/, [ʔæwæːm]

Adverb

قوام • (ʔawām)

1. quickly

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق و م
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Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.waːm/

Adverb

قوام • (gawām)

1. faster
2. quickly

   Synonym: بِسُرْعَة (bisurʕa)

North Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈwaːm/, /ʔaˈwæːm/

Adverb

قوام • (ʔawām)

1. quickly

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قِوَام (qiwām).

Noun

قوام • (kıvam)

1. the right time, state, consistency, or degree of maturity

Descendants

• Turkish: kıvam

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kıvam”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قوام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1478b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قوام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 975a

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.waːm/, [ʔaˈwæːm]

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Adverb

قوام • (ʔawām)

1. at once, straight away, immediately, quickly

See also

• بسرعة (bsurʕa, “quickly, at a fast pace”)
• طوالي (ṭawwāli, “at once, straight away, immediately”)
• حالا (ḥālan, “at once, straight away, immediately”)