The Arabic root ق-س-و (q-s-w)

Form I verb قَسَا: to become hard

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

Most common

Adjective

قَاسٍ

hard

Verb · Form I

قَسَا

to become hard

Verb · Form III

قَاسَى

to suffer

Noun

قَسْوَة

hardness

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

قَسَا · present يَقْسُو

Form I · The plain action

to become hard, to become rigid, to become callous, to harden, to solidify

قَسْوَة

Verbal noun

hardness

قَسْو

Verbal noun

قَسَاوَة

Verbal noun

hardening

قَاسٍ

Active participle

hard

مَقْسُوّ

Passive participle

قَاسَى · present يُقَاسِي

Form III · Done to or with someone

to suffer; to endure, sustain, bear

مُقَاسَاة

Verbal noun

suffering

مُقَاسٍ

Active participle

مُقَاسًى

Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

قَسِيّ

Adjective

firm

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