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كَوَّر
to roll up (into a ball); to wind or wrap around /ˈkawːara/
verbB2#3002 most common
Also: to wind a turban round the head, to coil, to fold up (as the sun, in Quranic usage)
Example sentences
كَوَّرَ الطِّفلُ الوَرَقَةَ.
The child rolled up the piece of paper.
كَوَّرْتُ الجَوْرَبَيْنِ مَعًا.
I rolled the two socks together into a ball.
تُكَوِّرُ الطَّبَّاخَةُ العَجينَ كُرَةً صَغيرَةً.
The cook rolls the dough into a small ball.
كَوَّرَ الحارِسُ عِمامَتَهُ حَوْلَ رَأْسِهِ لِيَتَّقِيَ البَرْدَ.
The guard wound his turban around his head to protect against the cold.
يُكَوِّرُ اللَّهُ اللَّيْلَ عَلَى النَّهارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ النَّهارَ عَلَى اللَّيْلِ.
God wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night.
إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ.
When the sun is rolled up, its light folded away.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُكَوِّرُ | كَوَّرْتُ | سَأُكَوِّرُ |
| 2sg | تُكَوِّرُ | كَوَّرْتَ | سَتُكَوِّرُ |
| 3sg | يُكَوِّرُ | كَوَّرَ | سَيُكَوِّرُ |
| 1pl | نُكَوِّرُ | كَوَّرْنا | سَنُكَوِّرُ |
| 2pl | تُكَوِّرونَ | كَوَّرْتُم | سَتُكَوِّرونَ |
| 3pl | يُكَوِّرونَ | كَوَّروا | سَيُكَوِّرونَ |
Word family
كُرَةball, sphere
تَكْوِيرrolling up, folding up (also the name of Quran chapter 81)
مُكَوَّرrolled up, made round
مُكَوِّرone who rolls up or winds something
Etymology
The root ك و ر carries the sense of roundness and winding. Form II كَوَّر intensifies this into a full action: to roll something into a ball or to wind it round something else. Classical Arabic used it for winding a turban, and the Quran uses it for the sun being rolled up and for night wrapping over day. The common noun كُرَة, meaning ball, comes from the same root.
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