قسيس

Arabic

قسيس

Alternative forms

• قِسّ (qiss), قَسّ (qass)

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܩܫܝܫܐ (qaššīšā, “priest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qis.siːs/

Noun

قِسِّيس • (qissīs) m (plural قِسِّيسُون (qissīsūn) or قَسَاوِسَة (qasāwisa) or قَسَاقِسَة (qasāqisa))

1. (Christianity) priest, clergyman, minister, pastor, parson
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:82:

     ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسِينَ وَرُهْبَانًا وَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

     ḏālika biʔanna minhum qissīsīna waruhbānan waʔannahum lā yastakbirūna

     That is because among them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant.

Declension

Declension of noun قِسِّيس (qissīs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِسِّيس qissīs	الْقِسِّيس al-qissīs	قِسِّيس qissīs
Nominative	قِسِّيسٌ qissīsun	الْقِسِّيسُ al-qissīsu	قِسِّيسُ qissīsu
Accusative	قِسِّيسًا qissīsan	الْقِسِّيسَ al-qissīsa	قِسِّيسَ qissīsa
Genitive	قِسِّيسٍ qissīsin	الْقِسِّيسِ al-qissīsi	قِسِّيسِ qissīsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِسِّيسَيْن qissīsayn	الْقِسِّيسَيْن al-qissīsayn	قِسِّيسَيْ qissīsay
Nominative	قِسِّيسَانِ qissīsāni	الْقِسِّيسَانِ al-qissīsāni	قِسِّيسَا qissīsā
Accusative	قِسِّيسَيْنِ qissīsayni	الْقِسِّيسَيْنِ al-qissīsayni	قِسِّيسَيْ qissīsay
Genitive	قِسِّيسَيْنِ qissīsayni	الْقِسِّيسَيْنِ al-qissīsayni	قِسِّيسَيْ qissīsay
Plural	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِسِّيسِين‎; قَسَاوِسَة‎; قَسَاقِسَة qissīsīn‎; qasāwisa‎; qasāqisa	الْقِسِّيسِين‎; الْقَسَاوِسَة‎; الْقَسَاقِسَة al-qissīsīn‎; al-qasāwisa‎; al-qasāqisa	قِسِّيسِي‎; قَسَاوِسَة‎; قَسَاقِسَة qissīsī‎; qasāwisat‎; qasāqisat
Nominative	قِسِّيسُونَ‎; قَسَاوِسَةٌ‎; قَسَاقِسَةٌ qissīsūna‎; qasāwisatun‎; qasāqisatun	الْقِسِّيسُونَ‎; الْقَسَاوِسَةُ‎; الْقَسَاقِسَةُ al-qissīsūna‎; al-qasāwisatu‎; al-qasāqisatu	قِسِّيسُو‎; قَسَاوِسَةُ‎; قَسَاقِسَةُ qissīsū‎; qasāwisatu‎; qasāqisatu
Accusative	قِسِّيسِينَ‎; قَسَاوِسَةً‎; قَسَاقِسَةً qissīsīna‎; qasāwisatan‎; qasāqisatan	الْقِسِّيسِينَ‎; الْقَسَاوِسَةَ‎; الْقَسَاقِسَةَ al-qissīsīna‎; al-qasāwisata‎; al-qasāqisata	قِسِّيسِي‎; قَسَاوِسَةَ‎; قَسَاقِسَةَ qissīsī‎; qasāwisata‎; qasāqisata
Genitive	قِسِّيسِينَ‎; قَسَاوِسَةٍ‎; قَسَاقِسَةٍ qissīsīna‎; qasāwisatin‎; qasāqisatin	الْقِسِّيسِينَ‎; الْقَسَاوِسَةِ‎; الْقَسَاقِسَةِ al-qissīsīna‎; al-qasāwisati‎; al-qasāqisati	قِسِّيسِي‎; قَسَاوِسَةِ‎; قَسَاقِسَةِ qissīsī‎; qasāwisati‎; qasāqisati

Descendants

• → Swahili: kasisi

See also

• أُسْقُف (ʔusquf)
• بَابَا (bābā)
• بَطْرَك (baṭrak)
• جَاثَلِيق (jāṯalīq)
• رَاهِب (rāhib)
• شَمَّاس (šammās)
• مَطْرَان (maṭrān)

 

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 275
• Rudolph, Wilhelm (1922) Die Abhängigkeit des Qorans von Judentum und Christentum (in German), Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, page 7
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قسيس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1023