كبيس

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root ك ب س (k-b-s), but the “intercalary” meaning is a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܟܒܝܫ (kabbīš), the passive participle of ܟܒܰܫ (kḇaš, to tread down), the Syriac verb corresponding to Arabic كَبَسَ (kabasa, to press down).

Pronunciation

Adjective

كَبِيس (kabīs)

  1. preserved
    1. pickled, canned, bottled etc.
    2. stuffed, mummified
    3. intercalary, leap(as in leap year)

Declension

Noun

كَبِيس (kabīsm

  1. (collective) pickles
    Synonyms: طُرْشِيّ (ṭuršiyy), مُخَلَّل (muḵallal), (Kuwaiti) أَچَار (ʔačār)
    Hyponym: (Iraqi) عَمْبَة (ʕamba)

Descendants

References

  • Schwally, Friedrich (1898) “Lexikalische Studien”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 52, page 135