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قوس

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of curving, arching, or bending. It is most famously associated with the bow used for archery, but can extend to any curved shape or action.

Derived headwords

قَوْسnoun
  1. 1.
    bow (for archery)both

    A weapon consisting of a flexible stave with a string, used to propel arrows.

  2. 2.
    arch, curveboth

    A curved structure or shape, like an arc or a vault.

قَوَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    to curve, to archmodern

    To form into a curve or arc; to bend.

  2. 2.
    to shoot with a bowclassical

    To use a bow to propel an arrow.

مُقَوَّسadjective
  1. 1.
    curved, archedmodern

    Having the shape of a curve or arc.

قَوْسِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    bow-shaped, related to a bowboth

    Pertaining to or resembling a bow; used in the context of archery.

Parallel reading

قوس هيجفل، كجحمرش: خفيفة السهم.
A light bow for an arrow, like a camel's saddle-strap.