ܩܦܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κάψος (kápsos) or Latin capsus.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qafsɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qafse] (plural)

Noun

ܩܦܣܐ • (qap̄sā) m (plural ܩܦܣܐ (qap̄sē))

  1. basket
  2. cage, birdcage
  3. enclosure, pen
Inflection
Descendants
  • → Arabic: قفص‎ (qafaṣ, qufṣ)
    • Gulf Arabic: قفص‎ (gʊfəṣ)
    • Maltese: qafas
    • → Kazakh: қапас (qapas)
    • → Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: قەفەس‎ (qefes), قەفەز‎ (qefez)
      Northern Kurdish: qefes
      Southern Kurdish: قەفەس‎ (qefes), قەفەز‎ (qefez)
    • → Persian: قفس‎ (qafas)
      • → Azerbaijani: qəfəs
      • → Hindustani
        Hindi: क़फ़स (qafas)
        Urdu: قفس‎ (qafas)
      • → Uyghur: قەپەس‎ (qepes)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: قفس‎ (kafes)
        • Turkish: kafes
        • → Albanian: kafaz
        • → Armenian: խաֆես (xafes), կաֆաս (kafas)
        • → Bulgarian: кафе́з (kaféz)
        • → Crimean Tatar: qafes
        • → Greek: καφάσι (kafási), καφασωτός (kafasotós)
        • → Macedonian: кафез (kafez)
        • → Serbo-Croatian:
          Cyrillic script: ка̀вез
          Latin script: kàvez

Etymology 2

From the root ܩ-ܦ-ܣ‎ (q-p-s) related to contracting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [q(ə)fɑsɑ], [qɛfsɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [q(ə)fɑse], [qɛfse] (plural)

Noun

ܩܦܣܐ • (qp̄āsā) m (plural ܩܦܣܐ (qp̄āsē))

  1. (medicine) contraction, convulsion, spasm
  2. store, storehouse, granary
Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܩ-ܦ-ܣ‎ (q-p-s) related to contracting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qufsɑ], [qɑfsɑ], [qɛfsɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qufse], [qɑfse], [qɛfse] (plural)
  • Homophone: ܩܘܦܣܐ‎

Noun

ܩܦܣܐ • (qup̄sā) m (plural ܩܦܣܐ (qup̄sē))

  1. (anatomy) ham, hock; haunch
Inflection

References

  • “qps2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • “qpṣ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • “qps”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • “qwpsˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 326b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 514b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1395a
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