قوس

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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

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

Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to bend, to curve, to write

Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

قَوْس (qawsm 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[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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

Gulf Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic قَوْس (qaws).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

قوس (qōsm (plural اقواس (aqwās))

  1. arch
  2. bow (tool)

Hijazi Arabic[edit]

Root
ق و س
1 term

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic قَوْس (qaws).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡoːs/, [ˈɡo̞ːs]

Noun[edit]

قوس (gōsm (plural أَقْواس (ʔagwās))

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

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic قَوْس (qaws).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

قوس (ʔōsm (plural أقواس (ʔaʔwās))

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

See also[edit]

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)