قرقس

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Arabic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

قِرْقِس (qirqism

  1. alternative form of جِرْجِس (jirjis, sealing earth; a kind of lunt or fuse from rope grass)
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

قِرْقِس (qirqism (collective, singulative قِرْقِسَة f (qirqisa))

  1. alternative form of جِرْجِس (jirjis, any Nematocera insect; bimaculated lark)
Declension

Etymology 3

Through Coptic ⲡⲓⲕⲩⲣⲁⲝ (pikuraks) from Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax).

Noun

قِرْقِس (qirqism (plural قَرَاقِس (qarāqis))

  1. (obsolete) the hook by which a bucket (قَادُوس (qādūs)) on a waterwheel is suspended
Declension

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