‫قسيس‬

Contents
Arabic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Declension
Descendants
See also
References

Arabic

Alternative forms

‫ِقّس‬‎‎(qiss‎), ‫َقّس‬‎‎(qass‎)

Etymology

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

‫قسيس‬
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /qis.siːs/

Noun

‫( • ِقِّسيس‬qissīs) m (plural ‫ِقِّسيُس ون‬‎(qissīsūn) or ‫َقَساِوَسة‬‎(qasāwisa) or ‫َقَساِقَسة‬‎(qasāqisa))

 1. (Christianity) priest, clergyman, minister, pastor, parson
609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:82 (https://quran.com/5/82):
‫َأ‬ ‫َأ‬
‫‏َٰذِلَك ِب َّن ِمْنُهْم ِقِّسيِسيَن َوُر ْهَباًنا َو َّنُهْم اَل َيْسَتْكِبُر وَن‬‎
ḏālika biʾanna minhum qissīsīna waruhbānan waʾannahum lā yastakbirūna
That is because among them are priests and monks and that they are not
arrogant.

Declension
Declension of noun ‫( ِقِّس يس‬qissīs)
basic singular triptote
Singular
Indefinite Definite Construct

Informal ‫ِقِّس يس‬ ‫اْلِقِّس يس‬‎ ‫ِقِّس يس‬

qissīs al-qissīs qissīs

Nominative ‫ِقِّس يٌس‬ ‫اْلِقِّس يُس‬‎ ‫ِقِّس يُس‬

qissīsun al-qissīsu qissīsu

Accusative ‫ِقِّس يًس ا‬‎ ‫اْلِقِّس يَس‬‎ ‫ِقِّس يَس‬

qissīsan al-qissīsa qissīsa

Genitive ‫ِقِّس يٍس‬ ‫اْلِقِّس يِس‬‎ ‫ِقِّس يِس‬

qissīsin al-qissīsi qissīsi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct

Informal ‫ِقِّس يَس ْين‬‎ ‫اْلِقِّس يَس ْين‬‎ ‫ِقِّس يَس ْي‬‎
qissīsayn al-qissīsayn qissīsay

Nominative ‫ِقِّس يَس اِن‬‎ ‫اْلِقِّس يَس اِن‬‎ ‫ِقِّس يَس ا‬‎
qissīsāni al-qissīsāni qissīsā

Accusative ‫ِقِّس يَس ْيِن‬‎ ‫اْلِقِّس يَس ْيِن‬‎ ‫ِقِّس يَس ْي‬‎
qissīsayni al-qissīsayni qissīsay

Genitive ‫ِقِّس يَس ْيِن‬‎ ‫اْلِقِّس يَس ْيِن‬‎ ‫ِقِّس يَس ْي‬‎
qissīsayni al-qissīsayni qissīsay
sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ‫ َـة‬‎(-a‎)
Plural
Indefinite Definite Construct

‫ِقِّس يِس ين‬‎; ‫َقَس اِوَس ة‬‎; ‫اْلِقِّس يِس ين‬‎; ‫اْلَقَس اِوَس ة‬‎; ‫ِقِّس يِس ي‬‎; ‫َقَس اِوَس ة‬‎;
Informal ‫َقَس اِقَس ة‬‎ ‫اْلَقَس اِقَس ة‬‎ ‫َقَس اِقَس ة‬‎
al-qissīsīn‎; al-qasāwisa‎; al- qissīsī‎; qasāwisat‎;
qissīsīn‎; qasāwisa‎; qasāqisa
qasāqisa qasāqisat
‫ِقِّس يُسوَن‬‎; ‫َقَس اِوَس ٌة‬‎; ‫اْلِقِّس يُسوَن‬‎; ‫اْلَقَس اِوَس ُة‬‎; ‫ِقِّس يُسو‬‎; ‫َقَس اِوَس ُة‬‎;
Nominative ‫َقَس اِقَس ٌة‬‎ ‫اْلَقَس اِقَس ُة‬‎ ‫َقَس اِقَس ُة‬‎
qissīsūna‎; qasāwisatun‎; al-qissīsūna‎; al-qasāwisatu‎; al- qissīsū‎; qasāwisatu‎;
qasāqisatun qasāqisatu qasāqisatu
‫ِقِّس يِس يَن‬‎; ‫َقَس اِوَس ًة‬‎; ‫اْلِقِّس يِس يَن‬‎; ‫اْلَقَس اِوَس َة‬‎; ‫ِقِّس يِس ي‬‎; ‫َقَس اِوَس َة‬‎;
Accusative ‫َقَس اِقَس ًة‬‎ ‫اْلَقَس اِقَس َة‬‎ ‫َقَس اِقَس َة‬‎
qissīsīna‎; qasāwisatan‎; al-qissīsīna‎; al-qasāwisata‎; al- qissīsī‎; qasāwisata‎;
qasāqisatan qasāqisata qasāqisata
 ‫ِقِّس يِس يَن‬‎; ‫َقَس اِوَس ٍة‬‎; ‫اْلِقِّس يِس يَن‬‎; ‫اْلَقَس اِوَس ِة‬‎; ‫ِقِّس يِس ي‬‎; ‫َقَس اِوَس ِة‬‎;
Genitive ‫َقَس اِقَس ٍة‬‎ ‫اْلَقَس اِقَس ِة‬‎ ‫َقَس اِقَس ِة‬‎
qissīsīna‎; qasāwisatin‎; al-qissīsīna‎; al-qasāwisati‎; al- qissīsī‎; qasāwisati‎;
qasāqisatin qasāqisati qasāqisati

Descendants
→ Swahili: kasisi

See also

‫ُأْس ُقف‬‎‎(ʾusquf‎) ‫َبْطَر ك‬‎‎(baṭrak‎) ‫َر اِهب‬‎‎(rāhib‎) ‫َمْطَر ان‬‎‎(maṭrān‎)

‫َباَبا‬‎‎(bābā‎) ‫َجاَثِليق‬‎‎(jāṯalīq‎) ‫َش َّماس‬‎‎(šammās‎)

References
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German),
Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 275 (https://archive.org/stream/diearamischenfr00fraegoog#page/n3
05)
Rudolph, Wilhelm (1922) Die Abhängigkeit des Qorans von Judentum und Christentum (in
German), Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, page 7 (https://archive.org/stream/dieabhngigkeit00rudo
uoft#page/7)
Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “‫( قسيس‬https://archive.org/download/26387126Ha
nsWehrArabischesWorterbuch/26387126-Hans-Wehr-Arabisches-Worterbuch.pdf)”, in
Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition,
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1023

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