Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

كَاسَ

Root: كوس

Form: 1

Full Definition

كَاسَI , Present.T يَكُوسُ, Verbal.Noun كَوْسٌ, He walked upon three legs, being hamstrung: or raised one of his legs, and jumped upon the rest. Thus you say of a quadruped: but when said of another, it means, He went upon one leg.

def.2 كَاسَ, Present.T يَكُوسُ, Verbal.Noun كَوْسٌ, He became turned upside down, head downwards; as also تكوّس .
2 He fell upon his head.

def.3 كَاسَ فُلَانًا, Present.T يَكُوسُهُ, Verbal.Noun كَوْسٌ, He prostrated such a one; as also , Verbal.Noun إِكَاسَةٌ; which latter verb is the more chaste: or he threw him down upon his head; as also كوّسهُ : or this last, which is said of God, Verbal.Noun تَكْوِيسٌ, signifies He turned him upside down, or head downwards, or upon his head, فِى النَّارِ in the fire [of Hell]: and you say also, عَلَى رَأْسِهِ, meaning, I turned him over upon his head.


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