قماش

Arabic

Root
ق م ش (q m š)
2 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qu.maːʃ/

Noun

قُمَاش • (qumāš) m (plural أَقْمِشَة (ʔaqmiša))

cloth, material for clothing
household goods, utensils, furniture, lumber
small particles, fragments
rubbish, trash, refuse, rabble

Declension

Declension of noun **قُمَاش** (qumāš)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُمَاش qumāš	الْقُمَاش al-qumāš	قُمَاش qumāš
nominative	قُمَاشٌ qumāšun	الْقُمَاشُ al-qumāšu	قُمَاشُ qumāšu
accusative	قُمَاشًا qumāšan	الْقُمَاشَ al-qumāša	قُمَاشَ qumāša
genitive	قُمَاشٍ qumāšin	الْقُمَاشِ al-qumāši	قُمَاشِ qumāši
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُمَاشَيْن qumāšayn	الْقُمَاشَيْن al-qumāšayn	قُمَاشَيْ qumāšay
nominative	قُمَاشَانِ qumāšāni	الْقُمَاشَانِ al-qumāšāni	قُمَاشَا qumāšā
accusative	قُمَاشَيْنِ qumāšayni	الْقُمَاشَيْنِ al-qumāšayni	قُمَاشَيْ qumāšay
genitive	قُمَاشَيْنِ qumāšayni	الْقُمَاشَيْنِ al-qumāšayni	قُمَاشَيْ qumāšay
plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَقْمِشَة ʔaqmiša	الْأَقْمِشَة al-ʔaqmiša	أَقْمِشَة ʔaqmišat
nominative	أَقْمِشَةٌ ʔaqmišatun	الْأَقْمِشَةُ al-ʔaqmišatu	أَقْمِشَةُ ʔaqmišatu
accusative	أَقْمِشَةً ʔaqmišatan	الْأَقْمِشَةَ al-ʔaqmišata	أَقْمِشَةَ ʔaqmišata
genitive	أَقْمِشَةٍ ʔaqmišatin	الْأَقْمِشَةِ al-ʔaqmišati	أَقْمِشَةِ ʔaqmišati

Descendants

→ Armenian: ղումաշ (ġumaš)
→ Azerbaijani: qumaş
→ Ottoman Turkish: قماش (kumaş)
- Turkish: kumaş
- → Crimean Tatar: qumaş
- → Romanian: cumaș

Etymology 2

Occupational noun of قُمَاش (qumāš, “cloth”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qam.maːʃ/

Noun

قَمَّاش • (qammāš) m (plural قَمَّاشُون (qammāšūn), feminine قَمَّاشَة (qammāša))

draper, cloth merchant

Declension

Declension of noun **قَمَّاش** (qammāš)
singular	masculine			feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَمَّاش qammāš	الْقَمَّاش al-qammāš	قَمَّاش qammāš	قَمَّاشَة qammāša	الْقَمَّاشَة al-qammāša	قَمَّاشَة qammāšat
nominative	قَمَّاشٌ qammāšun	الْقَمَّاشُ al-qammāšu	قَمَّاشُ qammāšu	قَمَّاشَةٌ qammāšatun	الْقَمَّاشَةُ al-qammāšatu	قَمَّاشَةُ qammāšatu
accusative	قَمَّاشًا qammāšan	الْقَمَّاشَ al-qammāša	قَمَّاشَ qammāša	قَمَّاشَةً qammāšatan	الْقَمَّاشَةَ al-qammāšata	قَمَّاشَةَ qammāšata
genitive	قَمَّاشٍ qammāšin	الْقَمَّاشِ al-qammāši	قَمَّاشِ qammāši	قَمَّاشَةٍ qammāšatin	الْقَمَّاشَةِ al-qammāšati	قَمَّاشَةِ qammāšati
dual	masculine			feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَمَّاشَيْن qammāšayn	الْقَمَّاشَيْن al-qammāšayn	قَمَّاشَيْ qammāšay	قَمَّاشَتَيْن qammāšatayn	الْقَمَّاشَتَيْن al-qammāšatayn	قَمَّاشَتَيْ qammāšatay
nominative	قَمَّاشَانِ qammāšāni	الْقَمَّاشَانِ al-qammāšāni	قَمَّاشَا qammāšā	قَمَّاشَتَانِ qammāšatāni	الْقَمَّاشَتَانِ al-qammāšatāni	قَمَّاشَتَا qammāšatā
accusative	قَمَّاشَيْنِ qammāšayni	الْقَمَّاشَيْنِ al-qammāšayni	قَمَّاشَيْ qammāšay	قَمَّاشَتَيْنِ qammāšatayni	الْقَمَّاشَتَيْنِ al-qammāšatayni	قَمَّاشَتَيْ qammāšatay
genitive	قَمَّاشَيْنِ qammāšayni	الْقَمَّاشَيْنِ al-qammāšayni	قَمَّاشَيْ qammāšay	قَمَّاشَتَيْنِ qammāšatayni	الْقَمَّاشَتَيْنِ al-qammāšatayni	قَمَّاشَتَيْ qammāšatay
plural	masculine			feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَمَّاشِين qammāšīn	الْقَمَّاشِين al-qammāšīn	قَمَّاشِي qammāšī	قَمَّاشَات qammāšāt	الْقَمَّاشَات al-qammāšāt	قَمَّاشَات qammāšāt
nominative	قَمَّاشُونَ qammāšūna	الْقَمَّاشُونَ al-qammāšūna	قَمَّاشُو qammāšū	قَمَّاشَاتٌ qammāšātun	الْقَمَّاشَاتُ al-qammāšātu	قَمَّاشَاتُ qammāšātu
accusative	قَمَّاشِينَ qammāšīna	الْقَمَّاشِينَ al-qammāšīna	قَمَّاشِي qammāšī	قَمَّاشَاتٍ qammāšātin	الْقَمَّاشَاتِ al-qammāšāti	قَمَّاشَاتِ qammāšāti
genitive	قَمَّاشِينَ qammāšīna	الْقَمَّاشِينَ al-qammāšīna	قَمَّاشِي qammāšī	قَمَّاشَاتٍ qammāšātin	الْقَمَّاشَاتِ al-qammāšāti	قَمَّاشَاتِ qammāšāti

References

Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “قماش”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قماش”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “قماش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 924

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق م ش
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic قُمَاش (qumāš).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡu.maːʃ/, [ɡʊ.maːʃ]

Noun

قماش • (gumāš) f (plural أَقْمِشَة (ʔagmiša))

cloth, material for clothing