كساء

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ك س و (k-s-w)

Compare كَسَا (kasā, “to clothe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.saːʔ/

Noun

كِسَاء • (kisāʔ) m (plural أَكْسِيَة (ʔaksiya))

1. garment, clothing, covering, dress

Declension

Declension of noun كِسَاء (kisāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِسَاء kisāʔ	الْكِسَاء al-kisāʔ	كِسَاء kisāʔ
Nominative	كِسَاءٌ kisāʔun	الْكِسَاءُ al-kisāʔu	كِسَاءُ kisāʔu
Accusative	كِسَاءً kisāʔan	الْكِسَاءَ al-kisāʔa	كِسَاءَ kisāʔa
Genitive	كِسَاءٍ kisāʔin	الْكِسَاءِ al-kisāʔi	كِسَاءِ kisāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِسَاءَيْن kisāʔayn	الْكِسَاءَيْن al-kisāʔayn	كِسَاءَيْ kisāʔay
Nominative	كِسَاءَانِ kisāʔāni	الْكِسَاءَانِ al-kisāʔāni	كِسَاءَا kisāʔā
Accusative	كِسَاءَيْنِ kisāʔayni	الْكِسَاءَيْنِ al-kisāʔayni	كِسَاءَيْ kisāʔay
Genitive	كِسَاءَيْنِ kisāʔayni	الْكِسَاءَيْنِ al-kisāʔayni	كِسَاءَيْ kisāʔay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَكْسِيَة ʔaksiya	الْأَكْسِيَة al-ʔaksiya	أَكْسِيَة ʔaksiyat
Nominative	أَكْسِيَةٌ ʔaksiyatun	الْأَكْسِيَةُ al-ʔaksiyatu	أَكْسِيَةُ ʔaksiyatu
Accusative	أَكْسِيَةً ʔaksiyatan	الْأَكْسِيَةَ al-ʔaksiyata	أَكْسِيَةَ ʔaksiyata
Genitive	أَكْسِيَةٍ ʔaksiyatin	الْأَكْسِيَةِ al-ʔaksiyati	أَكْسِيَةِ ʔaksiyati

Derived terms

• أَصْحابُ الكِساء (ʔaṣḥābu l-kisāʔ)

Descendants

• → Catalan: alquicé, alquicer
• → Portuguese: alquicé, alquicer, alquicel
• → Spanish: alquicel, alquicer

Further reading

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كساء”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 468
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes‎^[2] (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 383–386