بيسوس
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Persian پیه سوز (pîh sôz), پی سوز (pi sôz, “a kind of lamp”, literally “fat burner”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
بَيْسُوس • (baysūs) m (plural بَيَاسِيس (bayāsīs))
- (obsolete) a kind of lamp
- Hypernym: مَنَارَة (manāra)
- 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri][1], volume II, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1854, page 263, line 3 a fine:
- 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri][2], volume II, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1854, page 294, line 4:
Declension edit
Declension of noun بَيْسُوس (baysūs)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَيْسُوس baysūs |
الْبَيْسُوس al-baysūs |
بَيْسُوس baysūs |
| Nominative | بَيْسُوسٌ baysūsun |
الْبَيْسُوسُ al-baysūsu |
بَيْسُوسُ baysūsu |
| Accusative | بَيْسُوسًا baysūsan |
الْبَيْسُوسَ al-baysūsa |
بَيْسُوسَ baysūsa |
| Genitive | بَيْسُوسٍ baysūsin |
الْبَيْسُوسِ al-baysūsi |
بَيْسُوسِ baysūsi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | بَيْسُوسَيْن baysūsayn |
الْبَيْسُوسَيْن al-baysūsayn |
بَيْسُوسَيْ baysūsay |
| Nominative | بَيْسُوسَانِ baysūsāni |
الْبَيْسُوسَانِ al-baysūsāni |
بَيْسُوسَا baysūsā |
| Accusative | بَيْسُوسَيْنِ baysūsayni |
الْبَيْسُوسَيْنِ al-baysūsayni |
بَيْسُوسَيْ baysūsay |
| Genitive | بَيْسُوسَيْنِ baysūsayni |
الْبَيْسُوسَيْنِ al-baysūsayni |
بَيْسُوسَيْ baysūsay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَيَاسِيس bayāsīs |
الْبَيَاسِيس al-bayāsīs |
بَيَاسِيس bayāsīs |
| Nominative | بَيَاسِيسُ bayāsīsu |
الْبَيَاسِيسُ al-bayāsīsu |
بَيَاسِيسُ bayāsīsu |
| Accusative | بَيَاسِيسَ bayāsīsa |
الْبَيَاسِيسَ al-bayāsīsa |
بَيَاسِيسَ bayāsīsa |
| Genitive | بَيَاسِيسَ bayāsīsa |
الْبَيَاسِيسِ al-bayāsīsi |
بَيَاسِيسِ bayāsīsi |
References edit
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بيسوس”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[3] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 133b
- Eilers, Wilhelm (1962) “Iranisches Lehngut im arabischen Lexikon”, in Indo-Iranian Journal (in German), volume 5, number 3, page 208 footnote 10
- Frank, Carl (1921) “Noch ein paar persische Fremdwörter im Arabischen”, in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung (in German), volume 24, number 12, columns 289–290