كوع

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the elbow joint and related anatomical parts of the arm and hand. It extends to describe conditions of crookedness, bending, or immobility in the limbs, and metaphorically, cowardice or foolishness.

Derived headwords

الكاعnoun

1.
Elbow joint (thumb side)both
The part of the forearm bone (radius) that connects to the wrist, specifically the end near the thumb.
2.
Elbow joint (little finger side)classical
The end of the forearm bone (ulna) that connects to the wrist, specifically the end near the little finger. Also called الكرسوع.

الكوعnoun

1.
Elbow joint (thumb side)both
The part of the forearm bone (radius) that connects to the wrist, specifically the end near the thumb.
2.
Bent or crooked elbowclassical
A condition where the elbow is bent or crooked.
3.
Elbowboth
The joint in the middle of the arm.

أكواعnoun

1.
Elbowsboth
The plural of الكوع, referring to the elbow joints.

أكوعadjective

1.
Having a large elbowclassical
Describing a person with a large elbow joint.
2.
Crooked or bentclassical
Describing something that is bent or crooked, particularly a limb.
3.
Having stiff wristsclassical
Describing an animal, like a camel, with stiff wrists.
4.
Having a bent handclassical
Describing a hand that is bent inwards towards the forearm.

الكوعnoun

1.
Bending of the handclassical
The act of bending the hand inwards from the elbow side, towards the thumb.

كوعverb

1.
To bendclassical
To bend the hand or limb, particularly from the elbow.

كوعهverb

1.
To strike and bendclassical
To strike someone or something, causing their elbow to become bent or crooked.

تكوعتverb

1.
To become bentclassical
To become bent or crooked, referring to fingers or limbs.

تكوعverb

1.
To bendclassical
To bend the hand inwards from the elbow.

كاعverb

1.
To walk with a limpclassical
To walk on one's elbow due to injury or extreme heat, causing a swaying gait.
2.
To be injuredclassical
To be crippled or injured in a way that one cannot stand properly.
3.
To walk in sandclassical
To walk in sand, swaying on the elbow due to heat.

كوعاnoun

1.
Limping gaitclassical
A manner of walking with a limp, as if on the elbow.
2.
Injuryclassical
A crippling injury that prevents proper standing.

كوعnoun

1.
Stiffness in wristsclassical
A condition of stiffness in the wrists, with one hand turning towards the other.

كوعاءadjective

1.
Stiff-wristedclassical
Describing a female animal, like a camel, with stiff wrists.
2.
Bent handclassical
Describing a hand that is bent inwards towards the forearm.

أكوعnoun

1.
A man's nameclassical
A proper name for a man.

كويعnoun

1.
Diminutive of الكاعclassical
A diminutive form of الكاع, referring to a small elbow joint.

أكيعverb

1.
To shy away fromclassical
To shy away from something out of fear or timidity.

أكاعverb

1.
To shy away fromclassical
A variant pronunciation or dialectal form of أكيع, meaning to shy away from something out of fear.

الكرسوعnoun

1.
Elbow joint (little finger side)classical
The end of the forearm bone (ulna) that connects to the wrist, specifically the end near the little finger. Also called الكاع.

Parallel reading

الكاع والكوع: طرف الزند الذي يلي أصل الإبهام

Al-ka' and al-ku' are the end of the forearm bone that is next to the base of the thumb.

وقيل: هو من أصل الإبهام إلى الزند

And it was said: it is from the base of the thumb to the forearm bone.

والكوع الذي يلي الإبهام، والكاع: طرف الزند الذي يلي الخنصر، وهو الكرسوع

And the ku' is what is next to the thumb, and the ka' is the end of the forearm bone next to the little finger, and it is al-kursu'.

ورجل أكوع: عظيم الكوع، وقيل معوجه

And a man akwa' is one with a large elbow, and it was said, crooked.

دواحس في رسغ عير أكوعا

Thick-ankled, in a wrist not crooked.

فتكوعت أصابعه ؛ الكوع، بالتحريك: أن تعوج اليد من قبل الكوع، وهو رأس اليد مما يلي الإبهام، والكرسوع رأسه مما يلي الخنصر.

So his fingers became bent; al-ku', with vowelization, is the bending of the hand from the side of the elbow, which is the head of the hand near the thumb, and al-kursu' is its head near the little finger.

وقد كوع كوعا وكوعه: ضربه فصيره معوج الأكواع.

And he bent it, a bending, and he struck him, making his elbows crooked.

ويقال: أحمق يمتخط بكوعه.

And it is said: a fool wipes his nose with his elbow.

يا ثكلته أمه أكوعه بكرة

May his mother mourn him, you akwa' of the morning!

قال له المشركون بكرة أكوعه ، يعنون أن سلمة بكر الأكوع أبيه

The polytheists said to him in the morning, 'Akwa'ah', meaning that Salama was the firstborn of his father Akwa'.

وتصغير الكاع كويع.

And the diminutive of al-ka' is kuwayi'.

والكوع في الناس: أن تعوج الكف من قبل الكوع، وقد تكوعت يده.

And al-ku' in people is the bending of the palm from the side of the elbow, and his hand has become bent.

وكاع الكلب يكوع: مشى في الرمل وتمايل على كوعه من شدة الحر.

And the dog ka'a, yakū'u: walked in the sand and swayed on its elbow from the intensity of the heat.

وكاع كوعا: عقر فمشى على كوعه لأنه لا يقدر على القيام

And he ka'a, ku'an: was crippled and walked on his elbow because he could not stand.

والكوع: يبس في الرسغين وإقبال إحدى اليدين على الأخرى.

And al-ku' is stiffness in the wrists and one hand turning towards the other.

بعير أكوع وناقة كوعاء: يابسا الرسغين.

A camel akwa' and a she-camel kuwā'ah: stiff-wristed.

الأكوع اليابس اليد من الرسغ الذي أقبلت يده نحو بطن الذراع

Al-akwa' is the one with a stiff hand from the wrist, whose hand turns towards the belly of the forearm.

والأكوع من الإبل: الذي قد أقبل خفه نحو الوظيف فهو يمشي على رسغه

And al-akwa' among camels is one whose hoof turns towards the pastern bone, so he walks on his wrist.

ولا يكون الكوع إلا في اليدين؛ وقال غيره: الكوع التواء الكوع.

And al-ku' only occurs in the hands; and others said: al-ku' is the twisting of the elbow.

الكوع أن يقبل إبهام الرجل على أخواتها إقبالا شديدا حتى يظهر عظم أصلها

Al-ku' is for the thumb of a man to turn strongly towards its neighboring fingers until the bone of its base appears.

والكوع في اليد انقلاب الكوع حتى يزول فترى شخص أصله خارجا.

And al-ku' in the hand is the dislocation of the elbow until it moves out and you see the prominence of its origin.

كعت عن الشيء أكيع وأكاع لغة في كععت عنه أكع إذا هبته وجبنت عنه

Ka'ta 'an al-shay' akī'u wa akā'u is a dialectal variant of ka'a'tu 'anhu ak'u if you feared it and were timid about it.