قرقس

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qir.qis/

Etymology 1

Noun

قِرْقِس • (qirqis) m

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

Declension

Declension of noun قِرْقِس (qirqis)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرْقِس qirqis	الْقِرْقِس al-qirqis	قِرْقِس qirqis
Nominative	قِرْقِسٌ qirqisun	الْقِرْقِسُ al-qirqisu	قِرْقِسُ qirqisu
Accusative	قِرْقِسًا qirqisan	الْقِرْقِسَ al-qirqisa	قِرْقِسَ qirqisa
Genitive	قِرْقِسٍ qirqisin	الْقِرْقِسِ al-qirqisi	قِرْقِسِ qirqisi

Etymology 2

Noun

قِرْقِس • (qirqis) m (collective, singulative قِرْقِسَة f (qirqisa))

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

Declension

Declension of noun قِرْقِس (qirqis)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرْقِس qirqis	الْقِرْقِس al-qirqis	قِرْقِس qirqis
Nominative	قِرْقِسٌ qirqisun	الْقِرْقِسُ al-qirqisu	قِرْقِسُ qirqisu
Accusative	قِرْقِسًا qirqisan	الْقِرْقِسَ al-qirqisa	قِرْقِسَ qirqisa
Genitive	قِرْقِسٍ qirqisin	الْقِرْقِسِ al-qirqisi	قِرْقِسِ qirqisi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرْقِسَة qirqisa	الْقِرْقِسَة al-qirqisa	قِرْقِسَة qirqisat
Nominative	قِرْقِسَةٌ qirqisatun	الْقِرْقِسَةُ al-qirqisatu	قِرْقِسَةُ qirqisatu
Accusative	قِرْقِسَةً qirqisatan	الْقِرْقِسَةَ al-qirqisata	قِرْقِسَةَ qirqisata
Genitive	قِرْقِسَةٍ qirqisatin	الْقِرْقِسَةِ al-qirqisati	قِرْقِسَةِ qirqisati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرْقِسَتَيْن qirqisatayn	الْقِرْقِسَتَيْن al-qirqisatayn	قِرْقِسَتَيْ qirqisatay
Nominative	قِرْقِسَتَانِ qirqisatāni	الْقِرْقِسَتَانِ al-qirqisatāni	قِرْقِسَتَا qirqisatā
Accusative	قِرْقِسَتَيْنِ qirqisatayni	الْقِرْقِسَتَيْنِ al-qirqisatayni	قِرْقِسَتَيْ qirqisatay
Genitive	قِرْقِسَتَيْنِ qirqisatayni	الْقِرْقِسَتَيْنِ al-qirqisatayni	قِرْقِسَتَيْ qirqisatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرْقِسَات qirqisāt	الْقِرْقِسَات al-qirqisāt	قِرْقِسَات qirqisāt
Nominative	قِرْقِسَاتٌ qirqisātun	الْقِرْقِسَاتُ al-qirqisātu	قِرْقِسَاتُ qirqisātu
Accusative	قِرْقِسَاتٍ qirqisātin	الْقِرْقِسَاتِ al-qirqisāti	قِرْقِسَاتِ qirqisāti
Genitive	قِرْقِسَاتٍ qirqisātin	الْقِرْقِسَاتِ al-qirqisāti	قِرْقِسَاتِ qirqisāti

Etymology 3

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

Noun

قِرْقِس • (qirqis) m (plural قَرَاقِس (qarāqis))

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

Declension

Declension of noun قِرْقِس (qirqis)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرْقِس qirqis	الْقِرْقِس al-qirqis	قِرْقِس qirqis
Nominative	قِرْقِسٌ qirqisun	الْقِرْقِسُ al-qirqisu	قِرْقِسُ qirqisu
Accusative	قِرْقِسًا qirqisan	الْقِرْقِسَ al-qirqisa	قِرْقِسَ qirqisa
Genitive	قِرْقِسٍ qirqisin	الْقِرْقِسِ al-qirqisi	قِرْقِسِ qirqisi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرْقِسَيْن qirqisayn	الْقِرْقِسَيْن al-qirqisayn	قِرْقِسَيْ qirqisay
Nominative	قِرْقِسَانِ qirqisāni	الْقِرْقِسَانِ al-qirqisāni	قِرْقِسَا qirqisā
Accusative	قِرْقِسَيْنِ qirqisayni	الْقِرْقِسَيْنِ al-qirqisayni	قِرْقِسَيْ qirqisay
Genitive	قِرْقِسَيْنِ qirqisayni	الْقِرْقِسَيْنِ al-qirqisayni	قِرْقِسَيْ qirqisay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرَاقِس qarāqis	الْقَرَاقِس al-qarāqis	قَرَاقِس qarāqis
Nominative	قَرَاقِسُ qarāqisu	الْقَرَاقِسُ al-qarāqisu	قَرَاقِسُ qarāqisu
Accusative	قَرَاقِسَ qarāqisa	الْقَرَاقِسَ al-qarāqisa	قَرَاقِسَ qarāqisa
Genitive	قَرَاقِسَ qarāqisa	الْقَرَاقِسِ al-qarāqisi	قَرَاقِسِ qarāqisi

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قرقس”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 336
• Fleischer, Heinrich Leberecht (1836) De glossis Habichtianis in quatuor priores tomos MI noctium dissertatio critica‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Leipzig: Fr. Chr. Wilh. Vogel, page 74