كوس

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes forms of locomotion involving imbalance or unevenness, such as limping or moving on fewer than the usual number of limbs. It extends to concepts of crowding, accumulation, and being overwhelmed, both physically and metaphorically. It also encompasses actions of forceful inversion and specific objects or phenomena related to these ideas.

Derived headwords

كَاسَ، يَكُوسُverb

1.
to limpboth
To walk on one leg, or for a four-legged animal to walk on three legs.
2.
to be crowdedclassical
To be densely packed or accumulated, referring to plants or people.
3.
to be overturnedclassical
To be flipped or inverted, especially violently.

الكَوْسُnoun

1.
limpingclassical
The act of walking on one leg or three legs.
2.
drumclassical
A type of drum, possibly of foreign origin.
3.
sea turmoilclassical
The agitation and rough waves of the sea, leading to a risk of drowning.

كَوْسًاnoun

1.
limpingclassical
The act of walking on one leg or three legs.

التَّكْوُسُnoun

1.
crowdingboth
The state of being crowded, congested, or piled up.
2.
accumulationboth
The act of piling up or becoming dense.

مُتَكَاوسٌadjective

1.
crowdedboth
Densely packed, accumulated, or overlapping.
2.
congestedboth
Overlapping and dense, like thick vegetation.

اِكْتَاسَverb

1.
to detainclassical
To hold someone back or prevent them from proceeding with their needs.

مَكُوسٌname

1.
name of a donkeyclassical
A proper name for a donkey.

كَوْسَاءُadjective

1.
crowdedboth
Dense, accumulated, and overlapping.

كَوْسَاءُname

1.
a place nameclassical
The name of a specific location.

كُوسِيٌّadjective

1.
short-legged (horse)classical
Describing a horse that is short in its legs or body, appearing to be bent over when running.

كُوسِيَّةٌadjective

1.
short-legged (mare)classical
Feminine form of 'kusi', describing a mare that is short-legged.

كَاسَ البعيرُverb

1.
to limp (camel)classical
A camel walking on three legs because one has been hamstrung.

كُبَّهُ على رأسهverb

1.
to flip overclassical
To forcefully turn someone or something upside down, specifically onto their head.

انقلبverb

1.
to be overturnedclassical
To be flipped or turned upside down.

الكوس (خشبة)noun

1.
carpenter's squareclassical
A triangular wooden tool used by carpenters to measure right angles in wood.

الكوس (بحر)noun

1.
sea hazardclassical
A dangerous condition at sea, such as rough waves or currents, that threatens shipwreck.

كاسَتِ الحيةُverb

1.
to coilclassical
For a snake to coil up or writhe within its coils.

تَكْوِيسٌnoun

1.
inversionclassical
The act of forcefully turning something upside down.

مُتَكادِسٌadjective

1.
densely packedclassical
Overlapping and piled up, similar to 'mutakaus'.

Parallel reading

المشي على رجل واحدة، ومن ذوات الأربع على ثلاث قوائم

Walking on one leg, and for four-legged animals, on three legs.

وقيل: الكوس أن يرفع إحدى قوائمه وينزو على ما بقي

And it was said: Al-kaws is to lift one of its limbs and hop on what remains.

وكاس عقير

And it limped, hamstrung.

وإبلي رهن أن يكوس كريمها عقيرا

And my camels are a pledge that their noble one will limp, hamstrung.

أي تعقر إحدى قوائم البعير فيكوس على ثلاث

Meaning, one of the camel's legs is hamstrung, so it walks on three.

فظلت تكوس على أكرع ثلاث، وغادرت أخرى خضيبا

So it kept limping on three legs, and left another stained (with blood).

وكاس البعير إذا مشى على ثلاث قوائم وهو معرقب

And a camel limps when it walks on three legs while it is hamstrung.

والتكاوس: التراكم والتزاحم

And Al-takawus: piling up and crowding.

وتكاوس النخل والشجر والعشب: كثر والتف

And the palms, trees, and grass were crowded: they became numerous and intertwined.

ومع تلج من نخله متكاوس

And among them, a dense thicket of its palm trees.

وكانوا أصحاب شجر متكاوس أي ملتف متراكب

And they were people of dense, intertwined, overlapping trees.

اكتاسني فلان عن حاجتي وارتكسني

So-and-so detained me from my need and held me back.

والكوس، بالضم: الطبل

And Al-kaws, with damma: the drum.

ولمعة كوساء: متراكمة ملتفة

And a dense patch of hair: accumulated and intertwined.

وكاس الرجل كوسا وكوسه: أخذ برأسه فنصاه إلى الأرض

And he struck a man's head and threw him to the ground.

وكاس هو يكوس: انقلب

And he turned over: he flipped.

لكوسك الله في النار أعلاك أسفلك

May God turn you upside down in the Fire, making your top your bottom.

وهو كقولهم: كلمته فاه إلى في، في وقوعه موقع الحال

And it is like their saying: I spoke to him mouth to mouth, in its occurrence as a circumstantial clause.

والكوس: خشبة مثلثة تكون مع النجار يقيس بها تربيع الخشب

And Al-kaws: a triangular piece of wood that a carpenter uses to measure the squaring of wood.

والكوس أيضا كأنها أعجمية والعرب تكلمت بها، وذلك إذا أصاب الناس خب في البحر فخافوا الغرق، قيل: خافوا الكوس

And Al-kaws is also as if it were foreign, and the Arabs spoke it, and that is when people encountered rough seas and feared drowning; it was said: they feared Al-kaws.

والكوسي من الخيل: القصير الدوارج فلا تراه إلا منكسا إذا جرى

And Al-kusi among horses: the short-limbed one, so you only see it bent over when it runs.

وكاست الحية إذا تحوت في مكاسها

And the snake coiled if it writhed in its coils.

إذا ذكرت قتلي بكوساء، أشعلت ... كواهية الأخرات رث صنوعها

When my killing at Kawsā' is mentioned, she ignites... her later wounds are a remnant of her making.