كبست

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See also: گپ شپ and کبست

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Persian کبست (kabast, colocynth). For meaning the colocynth’s pulp, apparently influenced by the Arabic root ك ب س (k-b-s) related to pressing, squeezing.

Pronunciation

Noun

كَبَسْت (kabastm (obsolete, rare)

  1. pulp of the colocynth
    Holonyms: حَنْظَل (ḥanẓal), حَدَج (ḥadaj), عَلْقَم (ʕalqam)
    • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح , edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 654 (fol. 43v,16–17), page 938:
      كبست هو الحنظل، وإذا قيل شحم الكبست فإنّما يراد شحم الحنظل.
      kabast is the colocynth, and if someone in a recipe demands kabast grease he wants colocynth pulp.
    • 1179, أبو الخير الإشبيلي , edited by Joaquín Bustamante, Federico Corriente y Mohand Tilmatine, كتاب عمدة الطبيب في معرفة النبات لكل لبيب [Libro base del médico para el conocimiento de la botánica por todo experto] (Fuentes Arábico-Hispanas), volume I, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, published 2004, page 256 Nr. 2399:
      كبَسْت: هو شحم الحنظل.
      kabast is the pulp of the colocynth.
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

كبست (form I)

  1. كَبَسْتُ (kabastu) /ka.bas.tu/: first-person singular past active of كَبَسَ (kabasa)
  2. كَبَسْتَ (kabasta) /ka.bas.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of كَبَسَ (kabasa)
  3. كَبَسْتِ (kabasti) /ka.bas.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of كَبَسَ (kabasa)
  4. كَبَسَتْ (kabasat) /ka.ba.sat/: third-person feminine singular past active of كَبَسَ (kabasa)
  5. كُبِسْتُ (kubistu) /ku.bis.tu/: first-person singular past passive of كَبَسَ (kabasa)
  6. كُبِسْتَ (kubista) /ku.bis.ta/: second-person masculine singular past passive of كَبَسَ (kabasa)
  7. كُبِسْتِ (kubisti) /ku.bis.ti/: second-person feminine singular past passive of كَبَسَ (kabasa)
  8. كُبِسَتْ (kubisat) /ku.bi.sat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of كَبَسَ (kabasa)

Etymology 3

Verb

كبست (form II)

  1. كَبَّسْتُ (kabbastu) /kab.bas.tu/: first-person singular past active of كَبَّسَ (kabbasa)
  2. كَبَّسْتَ (kabbasta) /kab.bas.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of كَبَّسَ (kabbasa)
  3. كَبَّسْتِ (kabbasti) /kab.bas.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of كَبَّسَ (kabbasa)
  4. كَبَّسَتْ (kabbasat) /kab.ba.sat/: third-person feminine singular past active of كَبَّسَ (kabbasa)
  5. كُبِّسْتُ (kubbistu) /kub.bis.tu/: first-person singular past passive of كَبَّسَ (kabbasa)
  6. كُبِّسْتَ (kubbista) /kub.bis.ta/: second-person masculine singular past passive of كَبَّسَ (kabbasa)
  7. كُبِّسْتِ (kubbisti) /kub.bis.ti/: second-person feminine singular past passive of كَبَّسَ (kabbasa)
  8. كُبِّسَتْ (kubbisat) /kub.bi.sat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of كَبَّسَ (kabbasa)