كوس
1 كَاسَ, (
S,
Msb,
K,)
aor. ـُ
inf. n. كَوْسٌ, (
Msb,
TA,) He (a camel) walked upon three legs, (
S,
Msb,
K,) being hamstrung: (
S,
K:) or raised one of his legs, and jumped upon the rest. (
TA.) Thus you say of a quadruped: but when said of another, it means, He went upon one leg. (
TA.)
A2: كَاسَ, (
S,
A,
TA,)
aor. ـُ (
S,
TA,)
inf. n. كَوْسٌ, (
A,
TA,) He (a man) became turned upside down, (
S,
TA,) head downwards; (
S;) as also ↓ تكوّس. (
K.)
b2: He (a poor man) fell upon his head. (
A, *
TA.)
A3: كَاسَ فُلَانًا, (
K,)
aor. ـُ
inf. n. كَوْسٌ, (
TA,) He prostrated such a one; (
K;) as also ↓ اكاسهُ, (
K,)
inf. n. إِكَاسَةٌ; (
TA;) which latter verb is the more chaste: (
Sgh:) or he threw him down upon his head; as also ↓ كوّسهُ: (
TA:) or this last, which is said of God, (
S,
A,
K,)
inf. n. تَكْوِيسٌ, (
S,
K,) signifies He turned him upside down, (
K,) or head downwards, (
S,) or upon his head, (
A,) فِى النَّارِ in the fire [of Hell]: (
S, A:) and you say also, عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ↓ كَوَّسْتُهُ, meaning, I turned him over upon his head. (
S.) 2 كَوَّسَ see 1, in three places.
4 اكاس البَعِيرَ, (
K,)
inf. n. إِكَاسَةٌ, (
TA,) He made the camel to walk upon three legs, by hamstringing him. (
K.)
b2: See also 1.
5 تَكَوَّسَ see 1.
كَاسٌ: see كَأْسٌ.
كُوسٌ A drum: said to be an arabicized word [from the Persian كُوسٌ, pronounced “ kós, ” but in Arabic “ koos, ” and applied in the present day to a kettle-drum;
accord. to Golius, a kettle-drum that used to be beaten in the camps and palaces of kings]. (
S,
K.) [The modern
pl. is كُوسَات.]
A2: Hence, A فَرْسَخ [or parasang, or league, in which sense also it is of Persian origin]: because this is the utmost distance at which may be heard the beating of the كوس. (
TA.)
A3: Also, A triangular piece of wood with which a carpenter measures the squareness of wood. (
Lth,
A, *
K.) It is [in this sense likewise] a Persian word. (
TA.)
