فأس

See also: فاس, فاش, قاش, and قاس

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ف ء س (f-ʔ-s), meaning "to cleave or split", "to wedge or dig into", "to cut into", "to hew down". Compare Akkadian 𒂆 (pāšu, “axe, adze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faʔs/

Noun

فَأْس • (faʔs) f (plural فُؤُوس (fuʔūs) or أَفْؤُس (ʔafʔus))

1. axe, hatchet, cleaver (tool)
2. adze, pickaxe, mattock (tool)
3. a protrusion, especially one in a curb bit for a horse's mouth
4. a protuberant portion of a millstone, the middle of which attaches to an axis
   1. a name for the constellation Ursa Minor

Declension

Declension of noun فَأْس (faʔs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَأْس faʔs	الْفَأْس al-faʔs	فَأْس faʔs
Nominative	فَأْسٌ faʔsun	الْفَأْسُ al-faʔsu	فَأْسُ faʔsu
Accusative	فَأْسًا faʔsan	الْفَأْسَ al-faʔsa	فَأْسَ faʔsa
Genitive	فَأْسٍ faʔsin	الْفَأْسِ al-faʔsi	فَأْسِ faʔsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَأْسَيْن faʔsayn	الْفَأْسَيْن al-faʔsayn	فَأْسَيْ faʔsay
Nominative	فَأْسَانِ faʔsāni	الْفَأْسَانِ al-faʔsāni	فَأْسَا faʔsā
Accusative	فَأْسَيْنِ faʔsayni	الْفَأْسَيْنِ al-faʔsayni	فَأْسَيْ faʔsay
Genitive	فَأْسَيْنِ faʔsayni	الْفَأْسَيْنِ al-faʔsayni	فَأْسَيْ faʔsay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُؤُوس‎; أَفْؤُس fuʔūs‎; ʔafʔus	الْفُؤُوس‎; الْأَفْؤُس al-fuʔūs‎; al-ʔafʔus	فُؤُوس‎; أَفْؤُس fuʔūs‎; ʔafʔus
Nominative	فُؤُوسٌ‎; أَفْؤُسٌ fuʔūsun‎; ʔafʔusun	الْفُؤُوسُ‎; الْأَفْؤُسُ al-fuʔūsu‎; al-ʔafʔusu	فُؤُوسُ‎; أَفْؤُسُ fuʔūsu‎; ʔafʔusu
Accusative	فُؤُوسًا‎; أَفْؤُسًا fuʔūsan‎; ʔafʔusan	الْفُؤُوسَ‎; الْأَفْؤُسَ al-fuʔūsa‎; al-ʔafʔusa	فُؤُوسَ‎; أَفْؤُسَ fuʔūsa‎; ʔafʔusa
Genitive	فُؤُوسٍ‎; أَفْؤُسٍ fuʔūsin‎; ʔafʔusin	الْفُؤُوسِ‎; الْأَفْؤُسِ al-fuʔūsi‎; al-ʔafʔusi	فُؤُوسِ‎; أَفْؤُسِ fuʔūsi‎; ʔafʔusi

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: فاس (fās)
• Maltese: fies
• Moroccan Arabic: فاس (fās)
• → Ottoman Turkish: فاس (fas)
• Sicilian: fesi
• Catalan: fes

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “فأس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فأس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2325
• The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, pāšu, University of Pennsylvania, 2004