قِسْط

1. قَسَطَ

1 qasaTa * , (S, M, &c.,) aor. qasiTa , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. qusuwTN (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and qasoTN , (Mgh, Msb, K,) He declined, or deviated, from the right course; acted unjustly, wrongfully, injuriously, or tyrannically. (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K.) -A2- See also 4, in two places: -A3- and see 2.

2. قُسْطٌ

qusoTN * a dial. var. of kusoTN , or, accord. to Yaakoob, the q is a substitute [for k ]; (M;) said by IF to be Arabic; (Msb;) [ Costus; so in the present day;] a certain substance, (AA, Msb,) or perfume, (Mgh,) or wood, (M,) or a certain Indian wood, and also Arabian, (K,) with which one fumigates; …

3. قِسْطٌ

qisoTN * Equity; justice: (S, * M, Mgh, Msb, K: *) [an inf. n. having no proper verb, or] a subst. from A^aqosaTa . (Mgh, Msb.) -A2- Equitable; just: (S, * M, K:) an inf. n. used as an epithet, like its syn. EadolN ; (M, K;) and [therefore] applied alike to a sing. n. [and to a dual] and to a pl.: (