قَاسَ
Root: قوس
Form: 1
Full Definition
قَاسَI
, and عَلَى غَيْرِهِ, Present.T يَقُوسُهُ, Verbal.Noun قَوْسٌ and قِيَاسٌ, i. q.
قَاسَهُ, Present.T يَقِيسُهُ, Verbal.Noun قَيْسٌ and قِيَاسٌ; i. e., He measured the thing by another thing like it; [both in the proper sense and mentally; but the latter verb is the more common, though the former, accord. to the JK, is the original;] and so الشَّىْءَ بِغَيْرِهِ: but you should not say
for قُسْتُهُ or قِسْتُهُ.
def.2 قَوِسَ: see 5.
def.2 قَوِسَ: see 5.
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