قوس
Not in Hans Wehr
This word isn't in Hans Wehr — but it's in Lane's Lexicon
قوس doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has 3 entries for it, distinguished by diacritics. Select one below for the full classical Arabic definition.
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قَاسَ Form 1
1 قَاسَ الشَّىْءَ بِغَيْرهِ ذ , and عَلَى غَيْرِهِ, aor. يَقُوسُهُ, inf. n. قَوْسٌ (S, K *) and قِيَاسٌ, (S,) i. q. قَاسَهُ, aor. يَقِيسُهُ, inf. n. قَيْسٌ (S, K *) and قِيَاسٌ; (S;) i. e., He measured the thing by anoth…
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قَوَّسَ Form 2
2 قَوَّسَ see 5, in two places. -A2- قوّسهُ, inf. n. تَقْوِيسٌ, He made it bowed, or bent. (KL.)…
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قَوْسٌ
قَوْسٌ ذ [A bow;] a certain thing, well known, (A, K,) with which one shoots: (M, TA:) of the fem. gender: (IAmb, M, Msb:) or masc. and fem.: (S, Msb:) or sometimes masc.: (A, K:) pl. [of pauc.] أَقْوَاسٌ (IAmb, S, A, Ms…
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