qasir

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʕasir/, /ʕaˈsir/, [ˈʕasɪɾ], [ʕaˈsɪɾ]
• Hyphenation: qa‧sir

Noun

qásir m or qasír m (plural qasirwá f)

1. lesson
2. chance
3. fortune, luck

Declension

Declension of qásir
absolutive	qásir
predicative	qásiiri
subjective	qásir
genitive	qásir
Postpositioned forms l-case qásiiril k-case qásiirik t-case qásiirit h-case qásiirih

Declension of qasír
absolutive	qasír
predicative	qasíiri
subjective	qasír
genitive	qasír
Postpositioned forms l-case qasíiril k-case qasíirik t-case qasíirit h-case qasíirih

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “qasir”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 277

Maltese

Root
q-s-r
8 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَصِير (qaṣīr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsiːr/
• Rhymes: -iːr

Adjective

qasir (feminine singular qasira, plural qosra or qsar or qosor or qosrien or iqsar, diminutive qsajjar, comparative aqsar or iqsar or eqsar)

1. short

   Antonym: twil

2. shallow