قوس

العربية

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قوس^¹

/qa.wi.sa/

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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).

verb قَوِسَ · qawisa · يَقْوَسُ · قَوَس · أَقْوَس

to be/become bent/curved
to form or make a curved shape

قوس^²

/qaw.wa.sa/

verb قَوَّسَ · qawwasa · يُقَوِّسُ · تَقْوِيس · مُقَوِّس

to bend, to curve, to write

قوس^³

/qaws/

noun قَوْس · qaws · أَقْواس · قُسِيّ · قِسِيّ

bow, curve, twist
bow
bow, arch, vault
parenthesis, bracket

In English

bow rod used for playing stringed instruments
arc geometry: part of a curve
bracket generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
arch inverted U shape
round bracket parenthesis, bracket

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {قوس},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B3},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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