قوصرة

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic גצרא (gaṣrā) ~ גוסרה (gusrā), from Ancient Greek γάστρα (gástra, “the lower part of a vessel bulging out like a paunch; a vase with such a belly”) which derives well from the well-known γαστήρ (gastḗr, “belly, stomach”). قَصْرِيَّة (qaṣriyya, “pot”) is of like origin, apparently with Aramaic -īṯā ending.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaw.sˤa.ra/

Noun

قَوْصَرَة • (qawṣara) f (plural قَوَاصِر (qawāṣir))

1. (obsolete) basket
   • a. 661, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, a saying‎^[1]:

     أَفلَحَ مَن كانَت لَهُ قَوصَرَه – يَأكُلُ مِنها كُلُ يَومٍ تَمَره

     Merry is he who has a crate – whereof he eats each day a date

   • a. 861, دعبل الخزاعي [Diʿbil al-Ḵuzāʿīy], يا أبا سعد قوصره (first line)‎^[2]:

     يا أَبا سَعدِ قَوصَرَه … زانِيَ الأُختِ وَالمَرَه

     Oh father of success of the basket, abuser of the sister and wife!

Declension

Declension of noun قَوْصَرَة (qawṣara)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَوْصَرَة qawṣara	الْقَوْصَرَة al-qawṣara	قَوْصَرَة qawṣarat
Nominative	قَوْصَرَةٌ qawṣaratun	الْقَوْصَرَةُ al-qawṣaratu	قَوْصَرَةُ qawṣaratu
Accusative	قَوْصَرَةً qawṣaratan	الْقَوْصَرَةَ al-qawṣarata	قَوْصَرَةَ qawṣarata
Genitive	قَوْصَرَةٍ qawṣaratin	الْقَوْصَرَةِ al-qawṣarati	قَوْصَرَةِ qawṣarati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَوْصَرَتَيْن qawṣaratayn	الْقَوْصَرَتَيْن al-qawṣaratayn	قَوْصَرَتَيْ qawṣaratay
Nominative	قَوْصَرَتَانِ qawṣaratāni	الْقَوْصَرَتَانِ al-qawṣaratāni	قَوْصَرَتَا qawṣaratā
Accusative	قَوْصَرَتَيْنِ qawṣaratayni	الْقَوْصَرَتَيْنِ al-qawṣaratayni	قَوْصَرَتَيْ qawṣaratay
Genitive	قَوْصَرَتَيْنِ qawṣaratayni	الْقَوْصَرَتَيْنِ al-qawṣaratayni	قَوْصَرَتَيْ qawṣaratay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَوَاصِر qawāṣir	الْقَوَاصِر al-qawāṣir	قَوَاصِر qawāṣir
Nominative	قَوَاصِرُ qawāṣiru	الْقَوَاصِرُ al-qawāṣiru	قَوَاصِرُ qawāṣiru
Accusative	قَوَاصِرَ qawāṣira	الْقَوَاصِرَ al-qawāṣira	قَوَاصِرَ qawāṣira
Genitive	قَوَاصِرَ qawāṣira	الْقَوَاصِرِ al-qawāṣiri	قَوَاصِرِ qawāṣiri

Descendants

• → Classical Syriac: ܩܘܣܪܬܐ (qūsartā)

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 76–77
• “qwsrh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–; compare older Syriac ܟܣܟܪܐ (kaskrā, “basket”) “kskr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–