qies

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Maltese

Root
q-j-s
1 term

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَاسَ (qāsa).

Verb

qies (imperfect jqis, past participle meqjus or miqjus)

  1. to measure
  2. to think, consider, make a judgment
Conjugation
Conjugation of qies
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m qist qist qies qisna qistu qiesu
f qieset
imperfect m nqis tqis jqis nqisu tqisu jqisu
f tqis
imperative qis qisu

Etymology 2

From Arabic قِياس (qiyās) and/or قَيْس (qays).

Noun

qies m (plural qisien)

  1. measuring
  2. measure
  3. size
Derived terms