قفص

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic קוּפְסָא (qūp̄sā) / קַפְצָא (qap̄əṣā) / ܩܰܦܣܳܐ (qap̄əsā) / ܩܰܦܨܳܐ (qap̄əṣā, “cage”), from Ancient Greek κάψος (kápsos) or Latin capsus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qa.fasˤ/, (obsolete) IPA^(key): /qufsˤ/
- (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /qfasˤ/

Noun

قَفَص or قُفْص • (qafaṣ or qufṣ) m (plural أَقْفَاص (ʔaqfāṣ))

cage, birdcage, pen, coop
basket, particularly if it is similar in mould to a cage
Synonym: سَلَّة (salla)
thorax

Declension

Declension of noun **قَفَص** (qafaṣ)‎; **قُفْص** (qufṣ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَفَص‎; قُفْص qafaṣ‎; qufṣ	الْقَفَص‎; الْقُفْص al-qafaṣ‎; al-qufṣ	قَفَص‎; قُفْص qafaṣ‎; qufṣ
nominative	قَفَصٌ‎; قُفْصٌ qafaṣun‎; qufṣun	الْقَفَصُ‎; الْقُفْصُ al-qafaṣu‎; al-qufṣu	قَفَصُ‎; قُفْصُ qafaṣu‎; qufṣu
accusative	قَفَصًا‎; قُفْصًا qafaṣan‎; qufṣan	الْقَفَصَ‎; الْقُفْصَ al-qafaṣa‎; al-qufṣa	قَفَصَ‎; قُفْصَ qafaṣa‎; qufṣa
genitive	قَفَصٍ‎; قُفْصٍ qafaṣin‎; qufṣin	الْقَفَصِ‎; الْقُفْصِ al-qafaṣi‎; al-qufṣi	قَفَصِ‎; قُفْصِ qafaṣi‎; qufṣi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَفَصَيْن‎; قُفْصَيْن qafaṣayn‎; qufṣayn	الْقَفَصَيْن‎; الْقُفْصَيْن al-qafaṣayn‎; al-qufṣayn	قَفَصَيْ‎; قُفْصَيْ qafaṣay‎; qufṣay
nominative	قَفَصَانِ‎; قُفْصَانِ qafaṣāni‎; qufṣāni	الْقَفَصَانِ‎; الْقُفْصَانِ al-qafaṣāni‎; al-qufṣāni	قَفَصَا‎; قُفْصَا qafaṣā‎; qufṣā
accusative	قَفَصَيْنِ‎; قُفْصَيْنِ qafaṣayni‎; qufṣayni	الْقَفَصَيْنِ‎; الْقُفْصَيْنِ al-qafaṣayni‎; al-qufṣayni	قَفَصَيْ‎; قُفْصَيْ qafaṣay‎; qufṣay
genitive	قَفَصَيْنِ‎; قُفْصَيْنِ qafaṣayni‎; qufṣayni	الْقَفَصَيْنِ‎; الْقُفْصَيْنِ al-qafaṣayni‎; al-qufṣayni	قَفَصَيْ‎; قُفْصَيْ qafaṣay‎; qufṣay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَقْفَاص ʔaqfāṣ	الْأَقْفَاص al-ʔaqfāṣ	أَقْفَاص ʔaqfāṣ
nominative	أَقْفَاصٌ ʔaqfāṣun	الْأَقْفَاصُ al-ʔaqfāṣu	أَقْفَاصُ ʔaqfāṣu
accusative	أَقْفَاصًا ʔaqfāṣan	الْأَقْفَاصَ al-ʔaqfāṣa	أَقْفَاصَ ʔaqfāṣa
genitive	أَقْفَاصٍ ʔaqfāṣin	الْأَقْفَاصِ al-ʔaqfāṣi	أَقْفَاصِ ʔaqfāṣi

Descendants

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
- → Gujarati: કફસ (kaphas)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: क़फ़स (qafas)
  Urdu: قَفَس (qafas)
- → Uyghur: قەپەز (qepez)
- → 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)
  - → Romanian: cafas
  - → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ка̀вез
    Latin script: kàvez

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 118–119
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “قفص”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2551.
Nöldeke, Theodor (1879) “Bibliographische Anzeigen: Sindban oder die sieben weisen Meister. Syrisch und deutsch. Von Friedrich Baethgen. Leipzig 1879. (38 und 26 S. in Octav)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 33, page 516

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ف ص
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic قَفَصْ (qafaṣ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡa.fasˤ/

Noun

قَفَص • (gafaṣ) m (plural أَقْفاص (ʔagfāṣ))

cage, birdcage, pen, coop