قصة

See also: قصه, قصہ, and فضة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ص ص (q ṣ ṣ)
10 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qisˤ.sˤa/

Noun

قِصَّة • (qiṣṣa) f (plural قِصَص (qiṣaṣ))

Declension

Declension of noun **قِصَّة** (qiṣṣa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِصَّة qiṣṣa	الْقِصَّة al-qiṣṣa	قِصَّة qiṣṣat
nominative	قِصَّةٌ qiṣṣatun	الْقِصَّةُ al-qiṣṣatu	قِصَّةُ qiṣṣatu
accusative	قِصَّةً qiṣṣatan	الْقِصَّةَ al-qiṣṣata	قِصَّةَ qiṣṣata
genitive	قِصَّةٍ qiṣṣatin	الْقِصَّةِ al-qiṣṣati	قِصَّةِ qiṣṣati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِصَّتَيْن qiṣṣatayn	الْقِصَّتَيْن al-qiṣṣatayn	قِصَّتَيْ qiṣṣatay
nominative	قِصَّتَانِ qiṣṣatāni	الْقِصَّتَانِ al-qiṣṣatāni	قِصَّتَا qiṣṣatā
accusative	قِصَّتَيْنِ qiṣṣatayni	الْقِصَّتَيْنِ al-qiṣṣatayni	قِصَّتَيْ qiṣṣatay
genitive	قِصَّتَيْنِ qiṣṣatayni	الْقِصَّتَيْنِ al-qiṣṣatayni	قِصَّتَيْ qiṣṣatay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِصَص qiṣaṣ	الْقِصَص al-qiṣaṣ	قِصَص qiṣaṣ
nominative	قِصَصٌ qiṣaṣun	الْقِصَصُ al-qiṣaṣu	قِصَصُ qiṣaṣu
accusative	قِصَصًا qiṣaṣan	الْقِصَصَ al-qiṣaṣa	قِصَصَ qiṣaṣa
genitive	قِصَصٍ qiṣaṣin	الْقِصَصِ al-qiṣaṣi	قِصَصِ qiṣaṣi

Descendants

Maltese: qassas
→ Azerbaijani: qissə
→ Classical Persian: قِصَّه (qissa), قِصَّة (qissa)
- Dari: قِصَّه (qissa)
- Iranian Persian: قِصِّه (ġesse)
- Dari: قِصِّه (qissi)
- Tajik: қисса (qissa)
→ Baluchi: قِصَّہ
→ Bengali: কিচ্ছা (kiccha)
→ Gujarati: કિસ્સો (kisso)
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: क़िस्सा (qissā)
- Urdu: قِصَّہ (qissa)
→ Pashto: قصه, کيسه, کيسۍ
→ Punjabi:
- Shahmukhi script: قِصَّہ (qiṣṣah)
- Gurmukhi script: ਕ਼ਿੱਸਾ (qissā)
→ Sindhi:
- Devanagari script: क़िस्सो
- Arabic script: قصو
  - → Baluchi: قصو
→ Hausa: ƙissa
→ Indonesian: kisah
→ Kazakh: қисса (qissa)
→ Kyrgyz: кысса (kıssa)
→ Ottoman Turkish: قصه (kıssa)
- Turkish: kıssa
→ Swahili: kisa
→ Tatar: кыйсса (qıyssa)
→ Turkmen: kyssa
→ Uyghur: قىسسە (qisse)
→ Uzbek: qissa

References

Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “قصة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قصة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Noun

قِصَّة • (qiṣṣa) f (plural قِصَص (qiṣaṣ))

Declension

Declension of noun **قِصَّة** (qiṣṣa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِصَّة qiṣṣa	الْقِصَّة al-qiṣṣa	قِصَّة qiṣṣat
nominative	قِصَّةٌ qiṣṣatun	الْقِصَّةُ al-qiṣṣatu	قِصَّةُ qiṣṣatu
accusative	قِصَّةً qiṣṣatan	الْقِصَّةَ al-qiṣṣata	قِصَّةَ qiṣṣata
genitive	قِصَّةٍ qiṣṣatin	الْقِصَّةِ al-qiṣṣati	قِصَّةِ qiṣṣati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِصَّتَيْن qiṣṣatayn	الْقِصَّتَيْن al-qiṣṣatayn	قِصَّتَيْ qiṣṣatay
nominative	قِصَّتَانِ qiṣṣatāni	الْقِصَّتَانِ al-qiṣṣatāni	قِصَّتَا qiṣṣatā
accusative	قِصَّتَيْنِ qiṣṣatayni	الْقِصَّتَيْنِ al-qiṣṣatayni	قِصَّتَيْ qiṣṣatay
genitive	قِصَّتَيْنِ qiṣṣatayni	الْقِصَّتَيْنِ al-qiṣṣatayni	قِصَّتَيْ qiṣṣatay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِصَص qiṣaṣ	الْقِصَص al-qiṣaṣ	قِصَص qiṣaṣ
nominative	قِصَصٌ qiṣaṣun	الْقِصَصُ al-qiṣaṣu	قِصَصُ qiṣaṣu
accusative	قِصَصًا qiṣaṣan	الْقِصَصَ al-qiṣaṣa	قِصَصَ qiṣaṣa
genitive	قِصَصٍ qiṣaṣin	الْقِصَصِ al-qiṣaṣi	قِصَصِ qiṣaṣi

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قصة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Root
ق ص ص (q ṣ ṣ)
10 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qasˤ.sˤa/, /qisˤ.sˤa/

Noun

قَصَّة or قِصَّة • (qaṣṣa or qiṣṣa) f (plural قِصَاص (qiṣāṣ))

gypsum

Declension

Declension of noun **قَصَّة** (qaṣṣa)‎; **قِصَّة** (qiṣṣa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَصَّة‎; قِصَّة qaṣṣa‎; qiṣṣa	الْقَصَّة‎; الْقِصَّة al-qaṣṣa‎; al-qiṣṣa	قَصَّة‎; قِصَّة qaṣṣat‎; qiṣṣat
nominative	قَصَّةٌ‎; قِصَّةٌ qaṣṣatun‎; qiṣṣatun	الْقَصَّةُ‎; الْقِصَّةُ al-qaṣṣatu‎; al-qiṣṣatu	قَصَّةُ‎; قِصَّةُ qaṣṣatu‎; qiṣṣatu
accusative	قَصَّةً‎; قِصَّةً qaṣṣatan‎; qiṣṣatan	الْقَصَّةَ‎; الْقِصَّةَ al-qaṣṣata‎; al-qiṣṣata	قَصَّةَ‎; قِصَّةَ qaṣṣata‎; qiṣṣata
genitive	قَصَّةٍ‎; قِصَّةٍ qaṣṣatin‎; qiṣṣatin	الْقَصَّةِ‎; الْقِصَّةِ al-qaṣṣati‎; al-qiṣṣati	قَصَّةِ‎; قِصَّةِ qaṣṣati‎; qiṣṣati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَصَّتَيْن‎; قِصَّتَيْن qaṣṣatayn‎; qiṣṣatayn	الْقَصَّتَيْن‎; الْقِصَّتَيْن al-qaṣṣatayn‎; al-qiṣṣatayn	قَصَّتَيْ‎; قِصَّتَيْ qaṣṣatay‎; qiṣṣatay
nominative	قَصَّتَانِ‎; قِصَّتَانِ qaṣṣatāni‎; qiṣṣatāni	الْقَصَّتَانِ‎; الْقِصَّتَانِ al-qaṣṣatāni‎; al-qiṣṣatāni	قَصَّتَا‎; قِصَّتَا qaṣṣatā‎; qiṣṣatā
accusative	قَصَّتَيْنِ‎; قِصَّتَيْنِ qaṣṣatayni‎; qiṣṣatayni	الْقَصَّتَيْنِ‎; الْقِصَّتَيْنِ al-qaṣṣatayni‎; al-qiṣṣatayni	قَصَّتَيْ‎; قِصَّتَيْ qaṣṣatay‎; qiṣṣatay
genitive	قَصَّتَيْنِ‎; قِصَّتَيْنِ qaṣṣatayni‎; qiṣṣatayni	الْقَصَّتَيْنِ‎; الْقِصَّتَيْنِ al-qaṣṣatayni‎; al-qiṣṣatayni	قَصَّتَيْ‎; قِصَّتَيْ qaṣṣatay‎; qiṣṣatay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِصَاص qiṣāṣ	الْقِصَاص al-qiṣāṣ	قِصَاص qiṣāṣ
nominative	قِصَاصٌ qiṣāṣun	الْقِصَاصُ al-qiṣāṣu	قِصَاصُ qiṣāṣu
accusative	قِصَاصًا qiṣāṣan	الْقِصَاصَ al-qiṣāṣa	قِصَاصَ qiṣāṣa
genitive	قِصَاصٍ qiṣāṣin	الْقِصَاصِ al-qiṣāṣi	قِصَاصِ qiṣāṣi

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قصة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ص ص
3 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡisˤ.sˤa/, [ɡɪsˤ.sˤa]

Noun

قِصَّة • (giṣṣa) f (plural قِصَص (giṣaṣ))

story, tale
plot

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَصَّة (qaṣṣa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡasˤ.sˤa/

Noun

قَصَّة • (gaṣṣa) f (plural قَصَّات (gaṣṣāt))

Malay

Conjunction

قصة

Jawi spelling of kisah.‎

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa).

Noun

قصة • (ʔuṣṣa, ʔiṣṣa) f (plural قصص (ʔuṣaṣ, ʔiṣaṣ))

story
هالقصة ما سمعتا ولا مرة بحياتي
Ha-l-ʔuṣṣa ma smiʕta wala marra b-ḥayēti.
I’ve never heard this story in all my life.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ص ص
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔusˤ.sˤa/, [ˈʔʊsˤ.sˤɑ]
IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡusˤ.sˤa/, [ˈɡʊsˤ.sˤɑ]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

قصّة • (ʔuṣṣa) f (plural قصص (ʔuṣaṣ))

story, tale
Synonyms: سيرة (sīre), حكاية (ḥikāye)