قسيس
Arabic
Alternative forms
- قِسّ (qiss), قَسّ (qass)
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܩܫܝܫܐ (qaššīšā, “priest”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qis.siːs/
Noun
قِسِّيس • (qissīs) m (plural قِسِّيسُون (qissīsūn) or قَسَاوِسَة (qasāwisa) or قَسَاقِسَة (qasāqisa))
- (Christianity) priest, clergyman, minister, pastor, parson
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:82:
- ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسِينَ وَرُهْبَانًا وَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
- ḏālika biʾanna minhum qissīsīna waruhbānan waʾannahum lā yastakbirūna
- That is because among them are priests and monks and that they are not arrogant.
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Declension
Declension of noun قِسِّيس (qissīs)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | قِسِّيس qissīs | الْقِسِّيس al-qissīs | قِسِّيس qissīs |
Nominative | قِسِّيسٌ qissīsun | الْقِسِّيسُ al-qissīsu | قِسِّيسُ qissīsu |
Accusative | قِسِّيسًا qissīsan | الْقِسِّيسَ al-qissīsa | قِسِّيسَ qissīsa |
Genitive | قِسِّيسٍ qissīsin | الْقِسِّيسِ al-qissīsi | قِسِّيسِ qissīsi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | قِسِّيسَيْن qissīsayn | الْقِسِّيسَيْن al-qissīsayn | قِسِّيسَيْ qissīsay |
Nominative | قِسِّيسَانِ qissīsāni | الْقِسِّيسَانِ al-qissīsāni | قِسِّيسَا qissīsā |
Accusative | قِسِّيسَيْنِ qissīsayni | الْقِسِّيسَيْنِ al-qissīsayni | قِسِّيسَيْ qissīsay |
Genitive | قِسِّيسَيْنِ qissīsayni | الْقِسِّيسَيْنِ al-qissīsayni | قِسِّيسَيْ qissīsay |
Plural | sound masculine plural; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | قِسِّيسِين; قَسَاوِسَة; قَسَاقِسَة qissīsīn; qasāwisa; qasāqisa | الْقِسِّيسِين; الْقَسَاوِسَة; الْقَسَاقِسَة al-qissīsīn; al-qasāwisa; al-qasāqisa | قِسِّيسِي; قَسَاوِسَة; قَسَاقِسَة qissīsī; qasāwisat; qasāqisat |
Nominative | قِسِّيسُونَ; قَسَاوِسَةٌ; قَسَاقِسَةٌ qissīsūna; qasāwisatun; qasāqisatun | الْقِسِّيسُونَ; الْقَسَاوِسَةُ; الْقَسَاقِسَةُ al-qissīsūna; al-qasāwisatu; al-qasāqisatu | قِسِّيسُو; قَسَاوِسَةُ; قَسَاقِسَةُ qissīsū; qasāwisatu; qasāqisatu |
Accusative | قِسِّيسِينَ; قَسَاوِسَةً; قَسَاقِسَةً qissīsīna; qasāwisatan; qasāqisatan | الْقِسِّيسِينَ; الْقَسَاوِسَةَ; الْقَسَاقِسَةَ al-qissīsīna; al-qasāwisata; al-qasāqisata | قِسِّيسِي; قَسَاوِسَةَ; قَسَاقِسَةَ qissīsī; qasāwisata; qasāqisata |
Genitive | قِسِّيسِينَ; قَسَاوِسَةٍ; قَسَاقِسَةٍ qissīsīna; qasāwisatin; qasāqisatin | الْقِسِّيسِينَ; الْقَسَاوِسَةِ; الْقَسَاقِسَةِ al-qissīsīna; al-qasāwisati; al-qasāqisati | قِسِّيسِي; قَسَاوِسَةِ; قَسَاقِسَةِ qissīsī; qasāwisati; qasāqisati |
Descendants
- → Swahili: kasisi
See also
- أُسْقُف (ʾusquf)
- بَابَا (bābā)
- بَطْرَك (baṭrak)
- جَاثَلِيق (jāṯalīq)
- رَاهِب (rāhib)
- شَمَّاس (šammās)
- مَطْرَان (maṭrān)
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 275
- Rudolph, Wilhelm (1922) Die Abhängigkeit des Qorans von Judentum und Christentum (in German), Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, page 7
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “قسيس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1023