قَوِسَ(n. ac. قَوَس) a. see V (a) قَوَّسَa. see V (a)b. Bowed, bent. c. [ coll. ], Discharged, shot off fired (gun). d. [ coll. ], Shot, fired at. أَقْوَسَ (ا) a. see I (a)b. ( و) see V (a) تَقَوَّسَa. Was bowed, bent. b. Put on his back (bow). c. [ coll. ], Was hit, shot. إِقْتَوَسَa. see I (a)b. [Bi], Imitated. إِسْتَقْوَسَa. see V (a) قَوْس (pl. قِيَاس [] a. قُِسِيّ أَقْوَاس [ 38 ] ) a. Bow; fiddle-bow; card ( for wool ). b. Sagittarius. c. Fore-arm. d. Cubit. e. Remnants of dates. قُوْسa. Cell ( of a hermit ); hut ( of a hunter ). قُوْسِيّ [] a. see 5 قَوِسa. Hard, trying (times). أَقْوَس [] a. Bow-backed, bent, stooping; arched, curved; elevated. b. Long (day). c. see 5 مِقْوَس [] (pl. مَقَاْوِسُ) a. Bow-case. b. Race-ground, race-course; circus, hippodrome. قُوَاس [] a. [ coll. ], Gunshot. قَوَّاس [] (pl. قَوَّاْسَة) a. Bow-maker. b. Archer. c. [ coll. ], Shooter; marksman; sharp-shooter. قَيَّاس [] a. Starter ( of horses ). أَقْوَاس [] a. The anterior ribs ( of a camel ). مُقَوِّس [ N. Ag. a. II] see 14 (a) مُقَوَّس [ N. P. a. II], Round, curved. b. أَقْوَسُ (a). مُقَاوِس [ N. Ag. a. III] see 28I مُتَقَوِّس [ N. Ag. a. V] see 14 (a) & N. P. قَوَّسَ (a. a ). c. Armed with a bow. مُسْتَقْوِس [ N. Ag. a. X] see 14 (a) قُوَيْسَة a. Small bow. b. Sage (plant). قَوْس البُنْدُق a. Cross-bow. قَوْس الجُلَاهِق a. Catapult, ballista. قَوْس قُزَح a. Rainbow.
