Are there any words ending with Q?

The Elusive Ending Q There aren’t many words in the English language that end with the letter Q. Some of these words may beobsolete, or rarely used in any language. If you can use words with a Q near the end, you might explore words with Q not followed by U or words ending in -que, -qu, -qe, -qa, -qi, or -qs.

What does qua mean in law?

Acting in the capacity of

What is sine qua non in law?

Latin for “without which it could not be,” an indispensable action or condition. Example: if Charlie had not left the keys in the ignition, his ten-year-old son could not have started the car and backed it over Polly’s bike. So Charlie’s act was the sine qua non of the damage to Polly’s bike.

How do you use the word qua?

It’s also used as part of the phrase (also from Latin) “sine qua non,” meaning something essential to something else (“money is sine qua non for an American political campaign”). Qua can usually be read as the word “as”. It is an occasionally useful (and rarely used) link-word in English.

What does sine qua non mean?

non for success

What does qua mean in philosophy?

Aristotle’s Greek word that has been Latinized as ‘qua’ means roughly ‘in so far as’ or ‘under the aspect’. A study of x qua y, then, is a study of x that concerns itself solely with the y aspect of x.

What does qua stand for in numbers?

Qua is a simple Latin pronoun, the singular (number) feminine (gender) ablative (case) of qui, meaning who.