طقس

طقس

See also: طفش‎

Arabic

FWOTD – 25 September 2017

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܛܟܣܐ‎ (ṭekkəsā), from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaqs/

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  • (Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tˤaʔs/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /tˤaɡs/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /tˤaqs/
  • (North Levantine) IPA^(key): /tˤaʔs/

Noun

طَقْس • (ṭaqs) m (plural طُقُوس‎ (ṭuqūs))

1. weather (usually used for short period meteorological changes)
   • 2003, Muhammed Ibn al-Hassan al-Hajwi, الرحلة الأوروبية 1919‎:

     ‏وَكُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ مَرْسُومٌ بِيَدِ رَسَّامٍ إِسْبَنْيُولِيٍّ كَانَ حَاضِرًا مَعَنَا يُرِينَا ذَٰلِكَ، وَٱلْمَقْصُودُ تَمْثِيلُ ٱلذَّوْقِ ٱلْإِسْبَنْيُولِيِّ فِي ٱلتَّصْوِيرِ ٱلْمُلَوَّنِ ٱلَّذِي يُطَابِقُ طَقْسَ أَرْضِهِمُ ٱلصَّافِيَةِ‎

     wakullu ḏālika marsūmun biyadi rassāmin ʾisbanyūliyyin kāna ḥāḍiran maʿanā yurīnā ḏālika, wal-maqṣūdu tamṯīlu ḏ-ḏawqi l-ʾisbanyūliyyi fī t-taṣwīri l-mulawwani llaḏī yuṭābiqu ṭaqsa ʾarḍihimu ṣ-ṣāfiyati

     All this was painted by a Spanish painter who was present with us to show us that. The aim was to illustrate the Spanish taste in painting in colour, which matches the climate of their serene land

2. (usually in the plural) ritual, rite, religious practice
   • 1913, Priest Ishaq Armala, سياحة في طور عبدين‎:

     ‏وَعِنْدَمَا يُولَدُ ٱلْوَلَدُ يُعَمِّدُونَهُ بَعْدَ ثَمَانِيَةِ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ أَقَلَّ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ يُخَالِفُونَ طَقْسَ أَجْدَادِهِمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَضَوْا بِٱلْعِمَادِ فِي عِيدِ ٱلدَّنْحِ وَسَبْتِ ٱلنُّورِ فَقَطْ.‎‎

     waʿindamā yūladu l-waladu yuʿammidūnahu baʿda ṯamāniyati ʾayyāmin ʾaw ʾaqalla wafī ḏālika yuḵālifūna ṭaqsa ʾajdādihimi llaḏīna kānū qaḍaw bi-l-ʿimādi fī ʿīdi d-danḥi wasabti n-nūri faqaṭ.

     When a child is born they baptise it after eight days or less and in doing so they violate the practice of their ancestors, who used to only baptise on the Epiphany or on Easter Saturday.

3. (usually in the plural) ritual, rite, any ceremonized practice
   • 2000, فاضل العزاوي‎, القلعة الخامسة, Cologne: منشورات الجمل, pages 136–137:

     ‏لَمْ تَسْنَحْ لِي ٱلْفُرْصَةُ مِنْ قَبْلُ لِأَرَى رَجُلًا يُشْنَقُ وَسَطَ طُقُوسٍ خَاصَّةٍ كَمَا يَفْعَلُونَ ٱلْآنَ، لَٰكِنَّنِي إِذْ كُنْتُ طِفْلًا شَاهَدْتُ مَا يُشْبِهُ ٱلشَّنْقَ.‎‎

     lam tasnaḥ lī l-furṣatu min qablu liʾarā rajulan yušnaqu wasaṭa ṭuqūsin ḵāṣṣatin kamā yafʿalūna l-ʾāna, lākinnanī ʾiḏ kuntu ṭiflan šāhadtu mā yušbihu š-šanqa.

     I haven’t had the opportunity before to see a man being hanged according to the particular rites they do it now, but when I was a little boy I witnessed what hanging looks like.

4. liturgy, church constitution
5. order of the ministry, clerical rank (Christianity)
6. (obsolete) order, organization

Declension

Declension of noun طَقْس (ṭaqs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَقْس ṭaqs	الطَّقْس‎ aṭ-ṭaqs	طَقْس ṭaqs
Nominative	طَقْسٌ ṭaqsun	الطَّقْسُ‎ aṭ-ṭaqsu	طَقْسُ ṭaqsu
Accusative	طَقْسًا‎ ṭaqsan	الطَّقْسَ‎ aṭ-ṭaqsa	طَقْسَ ṭaqsa
Genitive	طَقْسٍ ṭaqsin	الطَّقْسِ‎ aṭ-ṭaqsi	طَقْسِ ṭaqsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَقْسَيْن‎ ṭaqsayn	الطَّقْسَيْن‎ aṭ-ṭaqsayn	طَقْسَيْ‎ ṭaqsay
Nominative	طَقْسَانِ‎ ṭaqsāni	الطَّقْسَانِ‎ aṭ-ṭaqsāni	طَقْسَا‎ ṭaqsā
Accusative	طَقْسَيْنِ‎ ṭaqsayni	الطَّقْسَيْنِ‎ aṭ-ṭaqsayni	طَقْسَيْ‎ ṭaqsay
Genitive	طَقْسَيْنِ‎ ṭaqsayni	الطَّقْسَيْنِ‎ aṭ-ṭaqsayni	طَقْسَيْ‎ ṭaqsay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُقُوس‎ ṭuqūs	الطُّقُوس‎ aṭ-ṭuqūs	طُقُوس‎ ṭuqūs
Nominative	طُقُوسٌ‎ ṭuqūsun	الطُّقُوسُ‎ aṭ-ṭuqūsu	طُقُوسُ‎ ṭuqūsu
Accusative	طُقُوسًا‎ ṭuqūsan	الطُّقُوسَ‎ aṭ-ṭuqūsa	طُقُوسَ‎ ṭuqūsa
Genitive	طُقُوسٍ‎ ṭuqūsin	الطُّقُوسِ‎ aṭ-ṭuqūsi	طُقُوسِ‎ ṭuqūsi

Derived terms

• طَقْسِيّ‎ (ṭaqsiyy, “liturgical, liturgist”)
• الطَّقْسِيَات‎ (aṭ-ṭaqsiyāt, “Christian liturgical literature”)
• طَقَّسَ‎ (ṭaqqasa, “to ordain into the ministry according to ritual”)
• تَطَقَّسَ‎ (taṭaqqasa, “to perform a ritual”)

Descendants

• → Central Atlas Tamazight: ṭṭaqs (“weather forecast”)

See also

• جَوّ‎ (jaww)
• مُنَاخ‎ (munāḵ)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “طقس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic طَقْس‎ (ṭaqs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaʔs/, [tˤɑʔs]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

طقس • (ṭaʔs) m

1. weather

   Synonym: جو‎ (jaww)