كَاسَ

, (S, Msb, K,) aorist يَكُوسُ, verbal noun 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.)

كَاسَ, (S, A, TA,) aorist يَكُوسُ, (S, TA,) verbal noun كَوْسٌ, (A, TA,) He (a man) became turned upside down, (S, TA,) head downwards; (S;) as also تكوّس. (K.)

He (a poor man) fell upon his head. (A, * TA.)

كَاسَ فُلَانًا, (K,) aorist يَكُوسُهُ, verbal noun كَوْسٌ, (TA,) He prostrated such a one; (K;) as also اكاسهُ, (K,) verbal noun 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,) verbal noun 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.)