قوس
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
قَوِسَ • (qawisa) I, non-past يَقْوَسُ (yaqwasu)
Conjugation
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Conjugation
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Noun
قَوْس • (qaws) m or f (plural أَقْواس (ʔaqwās) or قُسِيّ (qusiyy) or قِسِيّ (qisiyy))
- bow, curve, twist
- (weaponry) bow
- (architecture) bow, arch, vault
- (typography) parenthesis, bracket
Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- قَوْسُ قُزَح (qawsu quzaḥ, “rainbow”)
- قَوْسِيّ (qawsiyy)
- قُوَيْس (quways, diminutive)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- قَاسَ (qāsa, “to get the lead of; to determine the measure of”)
- قَوَّاس (qawwās)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- قَاوَسَ (qāwasa, “to compare oneself to”)
- تَقَوَّسَ (taqawwasa, “to become curved or bent”)
- اِقْتَاسَ (iqtāsa, “to compare oneself to [+ بِ (object)]”)
Gulf Arabic
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- (Kuwait) IPA(key): /qoːs/
Hijazi Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ق و س |
| 1 term |
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡoːs/, [ˈɡo̞ːs]
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔoːs/, [ʔoːs]
See also
| Signs of the Zodiac · الأبراج (il-ʔabrāj) | |||||||||||
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| 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”) | ||||||||
| Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | الجدي (il-jidi, “Capricorn”) | الدلو (id-dalu, “Aquarius”) | الحوت (il-ḥūt, “Pisces”) | ||||||||