قوس

See also: قوش

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ق و س (q-w-s)

Compare Ugaritic 𐎖𐎌𐎚 (qšt), Akkadian 𒄑𒉼 (qaštum), Hebrew קֶשֶׁת (qéšeṯ), Ge'ez ቀስት (ḳäst), ቀሥት (ḳäśt), ቀስተም (ḳästäm), ቀስታም (ḳästam), Amharic ቀስት (ḳäst), Tigrinya ቀስቲ (ḳästi), Tigre ቀሽ (ḳäš).

Pronunciation

  • Verb I: IPA(key): /qa.wi.sa/
  • Verb II: IPA(key): /qaw.wa.sa/
  • Noun: IPA(key): /qaws/
  • (bow):
    (file)

Verb

قَوِسَ • (qawisa) I, non-past يَقْوَسُ‎ (yaqwasu)

  1. to be/become bent/curved
  2. to form or make a curved shape

Conjugation

Verb

قَوَّسَ • (qawwasa) II, non-past يُقَوِّسُ‎ (yuqawwisu)

  1. to bend, to curve, to write

Conjugation

Noun

قَوْس • (qaws) m or f (plural أَقْواس (ʔaqwās) or قُسِيّ (qusiyy) or قِسِيّ (qisiyy))

  1. bow, curve, twist
  2. (weaponry) bow
  3. (architecture) bow, arch, vault
  4. (typography) parenthesis, bracket

Declension

Derived terms

  • قَوْسُ قُزَح (qawsu quzaḥ, “rainbow”)
  •  قَوْسِيّ (qawsiyy)
  • قُوَيْس (quways, diminutive)
  • قَوِسَ (qawisa, “to be bent or curved”)
  • قَاسَ (qāsa, “to get the lead of; to determine the measure of”)
  • قَوَّاس (qawwās)
  • قَوَّسَ (qawwasa, “to bend, to curve”)
  • قَاوَسَ (qāwasa, “to compare oneself to”)
  • تَقَوَّسَ (taqawwasa, “to become curved or bent”)
  • اِقْتَاسَ (iqtāsa, “to compare oneself to [+ بِ (object)]”)

Descendants

  • Maltese: qaws
  • → Azerbaijani: qövs
  • → Ge'ez: ቀውስ (ḳäws)
  • → Classical Malay: kaus
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قوس (kavs, kavis)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قَوْس (qaws).

Pronunciation

  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /qoːs/

Noun

قوس • (qōs) m (plural اقواس (aqwās))

  1. arch
  2. bow (tool)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق و س
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic قَوْس (qaws).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡoːs/, [ˈɡo̞ːs]

Noun

قوس • (gōs) m (plural أَقْواس (ʔagwās))

  1. arch
  2. bow (used in hunting or wars)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قَوْس (qaws).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔoːs/, [ʔoːs]

Noun

قوس • (ʔōs) m (plural أقواس (ʔaʔwās))

  1. arch, bow
  2. rainbow
  3. (astrology) Sagittarius

See also

Signs of the Zodiac · الأبراج (il-ʔabrāj)
الحمل (il-ḥamal, “Aries”) التور (it-tōr, “Taurus”) الجوزاء (il-jōzāʔ, “Gemini”) السرطان (is-saraṭān, “Cancer”)
الأسد (il-ʔasad, “Leo”) العذراء (il-ʕazrāʔ, “Virgo”) الميزان (il-mīzān, “Libra”) العقرب (il-ʕaqrab, “Scorpio”)
القوس (il-ʔōs, “Sagittarius”) الجدي (il-jidi, “Capricorn”) الدلو (id-dalu, “Aquarius”) الحوت (il-ḥūt, “Pisces”)
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