قَوِيَتْbecome strong in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَإِنْ كَثُرَتْ هُنَا وَقَوِيَتْ

  If it increases here and becomes strong.

  وَقَوِيَتْ — and it becomes strong. Another past-tense feminine-singular verb, coordinated to the previous one by the wa- ('and') on its front. The two verbs share the same hidden feminine subject, so 'increases and becomes strong' are two things the same thing does inside the one condition.

  From: The Bridge to Paradise →

• وَرُبَّمَا قَوِيَتْ مَعْرِفَةُ عَالِمٍ مِنْهُمْ، وَتَفَاقَمَتْ ذُنُوبُهُ

  Perhaps the knowledge of a scholar among them grew strong, while his sins worsened.

  قَوِيَتْ — grew strong. A past-tense verb in the feminine 'she/it' form, its ending chosen to agree with the feminine noun 'knowledge' that serves as its subject just after it. Arabic matches the verb's gender to its subject even when, as here, the subject follows the verb. Softened by the earlier 'perhaps', it reads as 'may have grown strong'.

  From: Preparing for Death and Repentance →