قرقس

Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qir.qis/

Etymology 1

Noun

قِرْقِس • (qirqis) m

alternative form of جِرْجِس (jirjis, “sealing earth; a kind of lunt or fuse from rope grass”)

Declension

Declension of noun **قِرْقِس** (qirqis)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِرْقِس qirqis	الْقِرْقِس al-qirqis	قِرْقِس qirqis
nominative	قِرْقِسٌ qirqisun	الْقِرْقِسُ al-qirqisu	قِرْقِسُ qirqisu
accusative	قِرْقِسًا qirqisan	الْقِرْقِسَ al-qirqisa	قِرْقِسَ qirqisa
genitive	قِرْقِسٍ qirqisin	الْقِرْقِسِ al-qirqisi	قِرْقِسِ qirqisi

Etymology 2

Noun

قِرْقِس • (qirqis) m (collective, singulative قِرْقِسَة f (qirqisa))

alternative form of جِرْجِس (jirjis, “any Nematocera insect; bimaculated lark”)

Declension

Declension of noun **قِرْقِس** (qirqis)
collective	basic collective triptote
collective	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِرْقِس qirqis	الْقِرْقِس al-qirqis	قِرْقِس qirqis
nominative	قِرْقِسٌ qirqisun	الْقِرْقِسُ al-qirqisu	قِرْقِسُ qirqisu
accusative	قِرْقِسًا qirqisan	الْقِرْقِسَ al-qirqisa	قِرْقِسَ qirqisa
genitive	قِرْقِسٍ qirqisin	الْقِرْقِسِ al-qirqisi	قِرْقِسِ qirqisi
singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
singulative	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِرْقِسَة qirqisa	الْقِرْقِسَة al-qirqisa	قِرْقِسَة qirqisat
nominative	قِرْقِسَةٌ qirqisatun	الْقِرْقِسَةُ al-qirqisatu	قِرْقِسَةُ qirqisatu
accusative	قِرْقِسَةً qirqisatan	الْقِرْقِسَةَ al-qirqisata	قِرْقِسَةَ qirqisata
genitive	قِرْقِسَةٍ qirqisatin	الْقِرْقِسَةِ al-qirqisati	قِرْقِسَةِ qirqisati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِرْقِسَتَيْن qirqisatayn	الْقِرْقِسَتَيْن al-qirqisatayn	قِرْقِسَتَيْ qirqisatay
nominative	قِرْقِسَتَانِ qirqisatāni	الْقِرْقِسَتَانِ al-qirqisatāni	قِرْقِسَتَا qirqisatā
accusative	قِرْقِسَتَيْنِ qirqisatayni	الْقِرْقِسَتَيْنِ al-qirqisatayni	قِرْقِسَتَيْ qirqisatay
genitive	قِرْقِسَتَيْنِ qirqisatayni	الْقِرْقِسَتَيْنِ al-qirqisatayni	قِرْقِسَتَيْ qirqisatay
paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
paucal (3-10)	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِرْقِسَات qirqisāt	الْقِرْقِسَات al-qirqisāt	قِرْقِسَات qirqisāt
nominative	قِرْقِسَاتٌ qirqisātun	الْقِرْقِسَاتُ al-qirqisātu	قِرْقِسَاتُ qirqisātu
accusative	قِرْقِسَاتٍ qirqisātin	الْقِرْقِسَاتِ al-qirqisāti	قِرْقِسَاتِ qirqisāti
genitive	قِرْقِسَاتٍ qirqisātin	الْقِرْقِسَاتِ al-qirqisāti	قِرْقِسَاتِ qirqisāti

Etymology 3

Through Coptic ⲡⲓⲕⲩⲣⲁⲝ (pikuraks) from Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax).

Noun

قِرْقِس • (qirqis) m (plural قَرَاقِس (qarāqis))

(obsolete) the hook by which a bucket (قَادُوس (qādūs)) on a waterwheel is suspended

Declension

Declension of noun **قِرْقِس** (qirqis)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِرْقِس qirqis	الْقِرْقِس al-qirqis	قِرْقِس qirqis
nominative	قِرْقِسٌ qirqisun	الْقِرْقِسُ al-qirqisu	قِرْقِسُ qirqisu
accusative	قِرْقِسًا qirqisan	الْقِرْقِسَ al-qirqisa	قِرْقِسَ qirqisa
genitive	قِرْقِسٍ qirqisin	الْقِرْقِسِ al-qirqisi	قِرْقِسِ qirqisi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِرْقِسَيْن qirqisayn	الْقِرْقِسَيْن al-qirqisayn	قِرْقِسَيْ qirqisay
nominative	قِرْقِسَانِ qirqisāni	الْقِرْقِسَانِ al-qirqisāni	قِرْقِسَا qirqisā
accusative	قِرْقِسَيْنِ qirqisayni	الْقِرْقِسَيْنِ al-qirqisayni	قِرْقِسَيْ qirqisay
genitive	قِرْقِسَيْنِ qirqisayni	الْقِرْقِسَيْنِ al-qirqisayni	قِرْقِسَيْ qirqisay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَرَاقِس qarāqis	الْقَرَاقِس al-qarāqis	قَرَاقِس qarāqis
nominative	قَرَاقِسُ qarāqisu	الْقَرَاقِسُ al-qarāqisu	قَرَاقِسُ qarāqisu
accusative	قَرَاقِسَ qarāqisa	الْقَرَاقِسَ al-qarāqisa	قَرَاقِسَ qarāqisa
genitive	قَرَاقِسَ qarāqisa	الْقَرَاقِسِ al-qarāqisi	قَرَاقِسِ qarāqisi

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قرقس”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 336
Fleischer, Heinrich Leberecht (1836) De glossis Habichtianis in quatuor priores tomos MI noctium dissertatio critica‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Leipzig: Fr. Chr. Wilh. Vogel, →DOI, page 74