قَعِسَ
Root: قعسس
Form: 1
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قَعِسَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun قَعَسٌ, He had a protruding, or protuberant, breast, or chest, and a hollow, or receding, back;
قَعَسٌ being the contr. of
حَدَبٌ. [And in like manner,] قَعَسٌ in a bow is A bending outwards of its inner side, in its middle, and a bending inwards of its outer side.
2 See also 6, in two places.
def.2 قَعَسَ الشَّىْءَ, [Present.T ـَ] Verbal.Noun قَعْسٌ, He bent the thing; as also .
2 See also 6, in two places.
def.2 قَعَسَ الشَّىْءَ, [Present.T ـَ] Verbal.Noun قَعْسٌ, He bent the thing; as also .
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