بيسوس
Arabic
Etymology
From Persian پیه سوز (pīh sōz), پی سوز (pī sōz, “a kind of lamp”, literally “fat burner”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baj.suːs/
Noun
بَيْسُوس • (baysūs) m (plural بَيَاسِيس (bayāsīs))
- (obsolete) a kind of lamp
- 1355, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, editor, تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار [tuḥfat an-nuẓẓār fī ḡarāʾib al-ʾamṣār wa ʿajāʾib al-ʾasfār], volume II, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1854, line 3 a fine, page 263:
- 1355, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, editor, تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار [tuḥfat an-nuẓẓār fī ḡarāʾib al-ʾamṣār wa ʿajāʾib al-ʾasfār], volume II, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1854, line 4, page 294:
- Hypernym: مَنَارَة (manāra)
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Declension
Declension of noun بَيْسُوس (baysūs)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَيْسُوس baysūs | الْبَيْسُوس al-baysūs | بَيْسُوس baysūs |
| Nominative | بَيْسُوسٌ baysūsun | الْبَيْسُوسُ al-baysūsu | بَيْسُوسُ baysūsu |
| Accusative | بَيْسُوسًا baysūsan | الْبَيْسُوسَ al-baysūsa | بَيْسُوسَ baysūsa |
| Genitive | بَيْسُوسٍ baysūsin | الْبَيْسُوسِ al-baysūsi | بَيْسُوسِ baysūsi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | بَيْسُوسَيْن baysūsayn | الْبَيْسُوسَيْن al-baysūsayn | بَيْسُوسَيْ baysūsay |
| Nominative | بَيْسُوسَانِ baysūsāni | الْبَيْسُوسَانِ al-baysūsāni | بَيْسُوسَا baysūsā |
| Accusative | بَيْسُوسَيْنِ baysūsayni | الْبَيْسُوسَيْنِ al-baysūsayni | بَيْسُوسَيْ baysūsay |
| Genitive | بَيْسُوسَيْنِ baysūsayni | الْبَيْسُوسَيْنِ al-baysūsayni | بَيْسُوسَيْ baysūsay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَيَاسِيس bayāsīs | الْبَيَاسِيس al-bayāsīs | بَيَاسِيس bayāsīs |
| Nominative | بَيَاسِيسُ bayāsīsu | الْبَيَاسِيسُ al-bayāsīsu | بَيَاسِيسُ bayāsīsu |
| Accusative | بَيَاسِيسَ bayāsīsa | الْبَيَاسِيسَ al-bayāsīsa | بَيَاسِيسَ bayāsīsa |
| Genitive | بَيَاسِيسَ bayāsīsa | الْبَيَاسِيسِ al-bayāsīsi | بَيَاسِيسِ bayāsīsi |
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “بيسوس”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 133b
- Eilers, Wilhelm (1962), “Iranisches Lehngut im arabischen Lexikon”, in Indo-Iranian Journal (in German), volume 5, issue 3, page 208 footnote 10
- Frank, Carl (1921), “Noch ein paar persische Fremdwörter im Arabischen”, in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung (in German), volume 24, issue 12, columns 289–290