The Arabic root ك-و-ي (k-w-y)

Form I verb كَوَى: to sear

4 words in the dictionary are built from ك-و-ي, including verbs in Forms I, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

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Verb · Form I

كَوَى

to sear

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

كَوَى · present يَكْوِي

Form I · The plain action

to sear, to cauterize; to iron, to do; to sting (of a scorpion عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab))

كَيّ

Verbal noun

كَاوٍ

Active participle

مَكْوِيّ

Passive participle

مِكْوَاة

Derived noun

iron

اِكْتَوَى · present يَكْتَوِي

Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to be seared, to be cauterized; to be ironed, to be done (laundry)

اِكْتِوَاء

Verbal noun

being cauterized

مُكْتَوٍ

Active participle

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