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5 تقوّس ذ It (a thing) became bowed, or bent; as also ↓ استقوس : (TA:) the ↓ latter is also said, tropically, of the moon when near the change [&c.]. (A, TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) He (an old man, S, A) became bowed, or bent; (A, * K;) as also ↓ قَوَّسَ , inf. n. تَقْوِيسٌ; (S, A, * Msb, K;) and ↓ استقوس ; (S;) and ↓ اقوس : (A:) or he became bowed, or bent, in the back; as also ↓ قَوَّسَ ; and ↓ استقوس ; (TA;) and so ↓ قَوِسَ , aor. قَوَسَ , inf. n. قَوَسٌ. (K.) -A2- تقوّس قَوْسَهُ He put his bow upon his back. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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