The Arabic root ق-و-س (q-w-s)

Form I verb قَوِسَ: to be/become bent/curved

5 words in the dictionary are built from ق-و-س, including verbs in Forms I, II. 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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Noun

قَوْس

bow

Verb · Form I

قَوِسَ

to be/become bent/curved

Verb · Form II

قَوَّسَ

to bend

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

قَوِسَ · present يَقْوَسُ

Form I · The plain action

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

قَوَس

Verbal noun

أَقْوَس

Active participle

قَوَّسَ · present يُقَوِّسُ

Form II · Causative or intensive

to bend, to curve, to write

تَقْوِيس

Verbal noun

مُقَوِّس

Active participle

مُقَوَّس

Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

قَوْس

Noun

bow

قَوْس قُزَح

Noun

rainbow

قَوَّاس

Noun

archer

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