How to say "power, strength" in Arabic
New wordMeaningpower, strength
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
قُوَّة
quwwaקוה
قوة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
כוח
koakhكُوَاخ
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Arabic root
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
قُوَّة
uwwaאוהThe qāf becomes a glottal stop in urban Levantine, dropped entirely in Latin.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
قُوَّة
ʾuwwaאוהCairo turns the qāf into a glottal stop: ʾuwwa.
In a phrase
قُوَّة الطَّبِيعَة
quwwat aṭ-ṭabīʿaקות א-טביעהthe power of nature
Plural
قُوَّات
quwwātקואתsound feminine plural -āt; specifically means "[military] forces", as in القوات المسلحة