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كوس

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of inversion, overturning, or turning something upside down, often with a negative connotation. It also extends to meanings of stumbling, accumulating, and specific terms for animals and objects.

Derived headwords

كَوَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    to overturnboth

    To turn something upside down, to invert it.

تَكْوِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    overturningboth

    The act of turning something upside down or inverting it.

كَاسَverb
  1. 1.
    to overturnboth

    To do the act of overturning or inverting.

  2. 2.
    to stumbleclassical

    Said of a camel when it walks on three legs, having its fourth leg hobbled or injured.

تَكَاوَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to accumulateclassical

    To pile up or accumulate, to become dense.

تَكَاوُسnoun
  1. 1.
    accumulationclassical

    The state of being piled up, accumulated, or dense.

مُتَكَاوسadjective
  1. 1.
    accumulatedclassical

    Describing something that is piled up, dense, or abundant.

كُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    drumboth

    A type of drum. It is said to be of Persian origin.

كُوسِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    short and stockyclassical

    Describing a horse that is short and has a sturdy build.

مَكُوسname
  1. 1.
    donkey's nameclassical

    A proper name for a donkey.

Parallel reading

كوسته على رأسه تكويسا، أي قلبته.
He overturned it upon his head, meaning he inverted it.
والله لو فعلت ذلك لكوسك الله في النار
By God, if you did that, God would overturn you in the Fire.
أي لجعل رأسك أسفلك.
Meaning, He would make your head lower than your feet.
وقد كاس هو يكوس، إذا فعل ذلك.
And he did the act of overturning, if he did that.
يقال: كاس البعير، إذا مشى على ثلاث قوائم وهو معرقب.
It is said: the camel stumbled, when it walked on three legs and it was hobbled.
فظلت تكوس على أكرع ثلاث وغادرن أخرى خضيبا
So she stumbled on three legs, and they left another stained.
تعني القائمة التي عرقب، هي مخضبة بالدم.
Meaning the leg that was hobbled, it is stained with blood.
والتكاوس: التراكم.
And accumulation: piling up.
يقال: عشب متكاوس، إذا كثر وكثف.
It is said: dense grass, when it is abundant and thick.
والكوس بالضم: الطبل.
And al-kaws (with dammah): the drum.
والكوسي من الخيل: القصير الدوارج.
And al-kusi from horses: the short and stocky one.
ومكوس، على مفعل: اسم حمار.
And Makus, on the pattern of Maf'al: the name of a donkey.