قوصرة
Arabic
Etymology
From Aramaic גצרא (gaṣrā) ~ גוסרה (gusrā), from Ancient Greek γάστρα (gástra, “the lower part of a vessel bulging out like a paunch; a vase with such a belly”) which derives well from the well-known γαστήρ (gastḗr, “belly, stomach”). قَصْرِيَّة (qaṣriyya, “pot”) is of like origin, apparently with Aramaic -īṯā ending.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qaw.sˤa.ra/
Noun
قَوْصَرَة • (qawṣara) f (plural قَوَاصِر (qawāṣir))
- (obsolete) basket
- a. 661, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, a saying[1]:
- أَفلَحَ مَن كانَت لَهُ قَوصَرَه – يَأكُلُ مِنها كُلُ يَومٍ تَمَره
- Merry is he who has a crate – whereof he eats each day a date
- a. 861, دعبل الخزاعي [Diʿbil al-Ḵuzāʿīy], يا أبا سعد قوصره (first line)[2]:
- يا أَبا سَعدِ قَوصَرَه … زانِيَ الأُختِ وَالمَرَه
- Oh father of success of the basket, abuser of the sister and wife!
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَوْصَرَة qawṣara |
الْقَوْصَرَة al-qawṣara |
قَوْصَرَة qawṣarat |
| nominative | قَوْصَرَةٌ qawṣaratun |
الْقَوْصَرَةُ al-qawṣaratu |
قَوْصَرَةُ qawṣaratu |
| accusative | قَوْصَرَةً qawṣaratan |
الْقَوْصَرَةَ al-qawṣarata |
قَوْصَرَةَ qawṣarata |
| genitive | قَوْصَرَةٍ qawṣaratin |
الْقَوْصَرَةِ al-qawṣarati |
قَوْصَرَةِ qawṣarati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | قَوْصَرَتَيْن qawṣaratayn |
الْقَوْصَرَتَيْن al-qawṣaratayn |
قَوْصَرَتَيْ qawṣaratay |
| nominative | قَوْصَرَتَانِ qawṣaratāni |
الْقَوْصَرَتَانِ al-qawṣaratāni |
قَوْصَرَتَا qawṣaratā |
| accusative | قَوْصَرَتَيْنِ qawṣaratayni |
الْقَوْصَرَتَيْنِ al-qawṣaratayni |
قَوْصَرَتَيْ qawṣaratay |
| genitive | قَوْصَرَتَيْنِ qawṣaratayni |
الْقَوْصَرَتَيْنِ al-qawṣaratayni |
قَوْصَرَتَيْ qawṣaratay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَوَاصِر qawāṣir |
الْقَوَاصِر al-qawāṣir |
قَوَاصِر qawāṣir |
| nominative | قَوَاصِرُ qawāṣiru |
الْقَوَاصِرُ al-qawāṣiru |
قَوَاصِرُ qawāṣiru |
| accusative | قَوَاصِرَ qawāṣira |
الْقَوَاصِرَ al-qawāṣira |
قَوَاصِرَ qawāṣira |
| genitive | قَوَاصِرَ qawāṣira |
الْقَوَاصِرِ al-qawāṣiri |
قَوَاصِرِ qawāṣiri |
Descendants
- → Classical Syriac: ܩܘܣܪܬܐ (qūsartā)
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 76–77
- “qwsrh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–; compare older Syriac ܟܣܟܪܐ (kaskrā, “basket”) “kskr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–