قسيس

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قسيس

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Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܩܫܝܫܐ (qaššīšā, “priest”).

Pronunciation

Noun

قِسِّيس • (qissīs) m (plural قِسِّيسُون (qissīsūn) or قَسَاوِسَة (qasāwisa) or قَسَاقِسَة (qasāqisa))

  1. (Christianity) priest, clergyman, minister, pastor, parson
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:82:
      ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسِينَ وَرُهْبَانًا وَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
      ḏālika biʔanna minhum qissīsīna waruhbānan waʔannahum lā yastakbirūna
      That is because among them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant.

Declension

Declension of noun قِسِّيس (qissīs)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قِسِّيس
qissīs 		الْقِسِّيس
al-qissīs 		قِسِّيس
qissīs
Nominative قِسِّيسٌ
qissīsun 		الْقِسِّيسُ
al-qissīsu 		قِسِّيسُ
qissīsu
Accusative قِسِّيسًا
qissīsan 		الْقِسِّيسَ
al-qissīsa 		قِسِّيسَ
qissīsa
Genitive قِسِّيسٍ
qissīsin 		الْقِسِّيسِ
al-qissīsi 		قِسِّيسِ
qissīsi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قِسِّيسَيْن
qissīsayn 		الْقِسِّيسَيْن
al-qissīsayn 		قِسِّيسَيْ
qissīsay
Nominative قِسِّيسَانِ
qissīsāni 		الْقِسِّيسَانِ
al-qissīsāni 		قِسِّيسَا
qissīsā
Accusative قِسِّيسَيْنِ
qissīsayni 		الْقِسِّيسَيْنِ
al-qissīsayni 		قِسِّيسَيْ
qissīsay
Genitive قِسِّيسَيْنِ
qissīsayni 		الْقِسِّيسَيْنِ
al-qissīsayni 		قِسِّيسَيْ
qissīsay
Plural sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قِسِّيسِين‎; قَسَاوِسَة‎; قَسَاقِسَة
qissīsīn‎; qasāwisa‎; qasāqisa 		الْقِسِّيسِين‎; الْقَسَاوِسَة‎; الْقَسَاقِسَة
al-qissīsīn‎; al-qasāwisa‎; al-qasāqisa 		قِسِّيسِي‎; قَسَاوِسَة‎; قَسَاقِسَة
qissīsī‎; qasāwisat‎; qasāqisat
Nominative قِسِّيسُونَ‎; قَسَاوِسَةٌ‎; قَسَاقِسَةٌ
qissīsūna‎; qasāwisatun‎; qasāqisatun 		الْقِسِّيسُونَ‎; الْقَسَاوِسَةُ‎; الْقَسَاقِسَةُ
al-qissīsūna‎; al-qasāwisatu‎; al-qasāqisatu 		قِسِّيسُو‎; قَسَاوِسَةُ‎; قَسَاقِسَةُ
qissīsū‎; qasāwisatu‎; qasāqisatu
Accusative قِسِّيسِينَ‎; قَسَاوِسَةً‎; قَسَاقِسَةً
qissīsīna‎; qasāwisatan‎; qasāqisatan 		الْقِسِّيسِينَ‎; الْقَسَاوِسَةَ‎; الْقَسَاقِسَةَ
al-qissīsīna‎; al-qasāwisata‎; al-qasāqisata 		قِسِّيسِي‎; قَسَاوِسَةَ‎; قَسَاقِسَةَ
qissīsī‎; qasāwisata‎; qasāqisata
Genitive قِسِّيسِينَ‎; قَسَاوِسَةٍ‎; قَسَاقِسَةٍ
qissīsīna‎; qasāwisatin‎; qasāqisatin 		الْقِسِّيسِينَ‎; الْقَسَاوِسَةِ‎; الْقَسَاقِسَةِ
al-qissīsīna‎; al-qasāwisati‎; al-qasāqisati 		قِسِّيسِي‎; قَسَاوِسَةِ‎; قَسَاقِسَةِ
qissīsī‎; qasāwisati‎; qasāqisati

Descendants

  • Maltese: qassis
  • → Swahili: kasisi

See also

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 275
  • Rudolph, Wilhelm (1922) Die Abhängigkeit des Qorans von Judentum und Christentum (in German), Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, page 7
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قسيس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1023
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