قستوس

Arabic

Alternative forms

• قَلْسُوس (qalsūs), قَسُّوس (qassūs)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῐ́στος (kístos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qis.tuːs/

Noun

قِسْتُوس • (qistūs) m

1. gum cistus

   Synonym: لَادَن (lādan)

Declension

Declension of noun قِسْتُوس (qistūs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِسْتُوس qistūs	الْقِسْتُوس al-qistūs	قِسْتُوس qistūs
Nominative	قِسْتُوسٌ qistūsun	الْقِسْتُوسُ al-qistūsu	قِسْتُوسُ qistūsu
Accusative	قِسْتُوسًا qistūsan	الْقِسْتُوسَ al-qistūsa	قِسْتُوسَ qistūsa
Genitive	قِسْتُوسٍ qistūsin	الْقِسْتُوسِ al-qistūsi	قِسْتُوسِ qistūsi

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قستوس”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 395a
• Fleischer, Heinrich Leberecht (1888) Kleinere Schriften‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Leipzig: S. Hirzel, page 732
• Růžička, Rudolf (1909) “Konsonantische Dissimilation in den semitischen Sprachen”, in Beiträge zur Assyriologie und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[3] (in German), volume VI, number 4, Leipzig · Baltimore: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung · The Johns Hopkins Press, page 193