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قَوِي be strong in Arabic

قَوِي is how you say “be strong” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فقال في خطبته أيها الناس القوي فيكم الضعيف عندي حتى آخذ منه الحق،

So in his speech, he said: 'O people, the strong among you is weak to me until I take the right from him,

القَوِيُّ the strong

The 'the' makes this adjective-noun definite, 'the strong one', and it stands as the topic of the coming statement. With no verb 'is', it pairs with what follows to mean 'the strong among you is...'.

From Obedience to God and Authority

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والضعيف فيكم القوي عندي حتى آخذ له الحق، أطيعوني ما أطعت الله فإذا عصيت الله فلا طاعة لي عليكم

And the weak among you is strong to me until I take his right for him. Obey me as long as I obey Allah. If I disobey Allah, then you owe me no obedience.

القَوِيُّ the strong

The 'the' makes this adjective-noun definite, 'the strong one', here serving as the comment about the topic, 'the weak... is strong to me'. With no verb 'is', the pairing carries the equation.

From Obedience to God and Authority

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