قصب
See also: قصت, قضب, and قضت
Arabic
Etymology 1
Back-formation from قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb, “butcher”) borrowed from Aramaic קצבא / ܩܰܨܳܒܳܐ (qaṣṣābā), therewith forming a root ق ص ب (q-ṣ-b). Doublet of indigenous Arabic قَضَبَ (qaḍaba, “to cut off, to trim”).
Verb
قَصَبَ • (qaṣaba) I, non-past يَقْصِبُ (yaqṣibu)
- to cut up (a slaughtered animal)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
قَصَبَ
(form-I sound, verbal noun قَصْب)| verbal noun الْمَصْدَر | قَصْب qaṣb | |||||||||||
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| active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | قَاصِب qāṣib | |||||||||||
| passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول | مَقْصُوب maqṣūb | |||||||||||
| active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | قَصَبْتُ qaṣabtu | قَصَبْتَ qaṣabta | قَصَبَ qaṣaba | قَصَبْتُمَا qaṣabtumā | قَصَبَا qaṣabā | قَصَبْنَا qaṣabnā | قَصَبْتُمْ qaṣabtum | قَصَبُوا qaṣabū | |||
| f | قَصَبْتِ qaṣabti | قَصَبَتْ qaṣabat | قَصَبَتَا qaṣabatā | قَصَبْتُنَّ qaṣabtunna | قَصَبْنَ qaṣabna | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أَقْصِبُ ʾaqṣibu | تَقْصِبُ taqṣibu | يَقْصِبُ yaqṣibu | تَقْصِبَانِ taqṣibāni | يَقْصِبَانِ yaqṣibāni | نَقْصِبُ naqṣibu | تَقْصِبُونَ taqṣibūna | يَقْصِبُونَ yaqṣibūna | |||
| f | تَقْصِبِينَ taqṣibīna | تَقْصِبُ taqṣibu | تَقْصِبَانِ taqṣibāni | تَقْصِبْنَ taqṣibna | يَقْصِبْنَ yaqṣibna | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أَقْصِبَ ʾaqṣiba | تَقْصِبَ taqṣiba | يَقْصِبَ yaqṣiba | تَقْصِبَا taqṣibā | يَقْصِبَا yaqṣibā | نَقْصِبَ naqṣiba | تَقْصِبُوا taqṣibū | يَقْصِبُوا yaqṣibū | |||
| f | تَقْصِبِي taqṣibī | تَقْصِبَ taqṣiba | تَقْصِبَا taqṣibā | تَقْصِبْنَ taqṣibna | يَقْصِبْنَ yaqṣibna | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أَقْصِبْ ʾaqṣib | تَقْصِبْ taqṣib | يَقْصِبْ yaqṣib | تَقْصِبَا taqṣibā | يَقْصِبَا yaqṣibā | نَقْصِبْ naqṣib | تَقْصِبُوا taqṣibū | يَقْصِبُوا yaqṣibū | |||
| f | تَقْصِبِي taqṣibī | تَقْصِبْ taqṣib | تَقْصِبَا taqṣibā | تَقْصِبْنَ taqṣibna | يَقْصِبْنَ yaqṣibna | |||||||
| imperative الْأَمْر | m | اِقْصِبْ iqṣib | اِقْصِبَا iqṣibā | اِقْصِبُوا iqṣibū | ||||||||
| f | اِقْصِبِي iqṣibī | اِقْصِبْنَ iqṣibna | ||||||||||
| passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | قُصِبْتُ quṣibtu | قُصِبْتَ quṣibta | قُصِبَ quṣiba | قُصِبْتُمَا quṣibtumā | قُصِبَا quṣibā | قُصِبْنَا quṣibnā | قُصِبْتُمْ quṣibtum | قُصِبُوا quṣibū | |||
| f | قُصِبْتِ quṣibti | قُصِبَتْ quṣibat | قُصِبَتَا quṣibatā | قُصِبْتُنَّ quṣibtunna | قُصِبْنَ quṣibna | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أُقْصَبُ ʾuqṣabu | تُقْصَبُ tuqṣabu | يُقْصَبُ yuqṣabu | تُقْصَبَانِ tuqṣabāni | يُقْصَبَانِ yuqṣabāni | نُقْصَبُ nuqṣabu | تُقْصَبُونَ tuqṣabūna | يُقْصَبُونَ yuqṣabūna | |||
| f | تُقْصَبِينَ tuqṣabīna | تُقْصَبُ tuqṣabu | تُقْصَبَانِ tuqṣabāni | تُقْصَبْنَ tuqṣabna | يُقْصَبْنَ yuqṣabna | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أُقْصَبَ ʾuqṣaba | تُقْصَبَ tuqṣaba | يُقْصَبَ yuqṣaba | تُقْصَبَا tuqṣabā | يُقْصَبَا yuqṣabā | نُقْصَبَ nuqṣaba | تُقْصَبُوا tuqṣabū | يُقْصَبُوا yuqṣabū | |||
| f | تُقْصَبِي tuqṣabī | تُقْصَبَ tuqṣaba | تُقْصَبَا tuqṣabā | تُقْصَبْنَ tuqṣabna | يُقْصَبْنَ yuqṣabna | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أُقْصَبْ ʾuqṣab | تُقْصَبْ tuqṣab | يُقْصَبْ yuqṣab | تُقْصَبَا tuqṣabā | يُقْصَبَا yuqṣabā | نُقْصَبْ nuqṣab | تُقْصَبُوا tuqṣabū | يُقْصَبُوا yuqṣabū | |||
| f | تُقْصَبِي tuqṣabī | تُقْصَبْ tuqṣab | تُقْصَبَا tuqṣabā | تُقْصَبْنَ tuqṣabna | يُقْصَبْنَ yuqṣabna | |||||||
Noun
قَصْب • (qaṣb) m
- verbal noun of قَصَبَ (qaṣaba) (form I)
Declension
Declension of noun قَصْب (qaṣb)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قَصْب qaṣb | الْقَصْب al-qaṣb | قَصْب qaṣb |
| Nominative | قَصْبٌ qaṣbun | الْقَصْبُ al-qaṣbu | قَصْبُ qaṣbu |
| Accusative | قَصْبًا qaṣban | الْقَصْبَ al-qaṣba | قَصْبَ qaṣba |
| Genitive | قَصْبٍ qaṣbin | الْقَصْبِ al-qaṣbi | قَصْبِ qaṣbi |
Etymology 2
السُّكَّر قَصَب
From the root ق ص ب (q-ṣ-b) of the aforementioned verb meaning “to be segment”, “to be cut into sections”, “to be severed”; stemming from a reed's divisions or from being collected as cut pieces; compare قَضْب (qaḍb).
Noun
قَصَب • (qaṣab) m (collective, singulative قَصَبَة f (qaṣaba))
- stalk
- reed, cane (especially sugarcane)
- thread, filament
- a. 1100, الرشيد بن الزبير [ar-rašīd ibn az-zubayr], محمد حمید الله [muḥammad ḥamīdullāḥ], صلاح الدين المنجد [ṣalāḥ ad-dīn al-munajjid], editors, كتاب الذخائر والتحف [kitāb aḏ-ḏaḵāʾir wa-t-tuḥaf], al-Kuwayt: دائرة المطبوعات والنشر, published 1959, page 61 line 3 a fine–62 line 2:
- وفلسقيتان أُخريان من بِلّوْر مربّط ففضة، مذهّبة الناحية الواحدة، مشبكة بجواهر، وفي وسطها درات، وفي الناحية الأخُرَى أَربع قصبات فضة مطلية بذهب، وكرنيب وكوز فضة مطليّان بذهب مجرى فيهما الجوهر.
- And two other flasks are of crystals twined with silver, gildened in one corner, netted with jewels, and in their mids pearls, and in the other corner four threads of silver thatched with gold, and a bowl and a mug of silver layered both with gold and woven with gemstones.
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- pipe
Declension
Declension of noun قَصَب (qaṣab)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قَصَب qaṣab | الْقَصَب al-qaṣab | قَصَب qaṣab |
| Nominative | قَصَبٌ qaṣabun | الْقَصَبُ al-qaṣabu | قَصَبُ qaṣabu |
| Accusative | قَصَبًا qaṣaban | الْقَصَبَ al-qaṣaba | قَصَبَ qaṣaba |
| Genitive | قَصَبٍ qaṣabin | الْقَصَبِ al-qaṣabi | قَصَبِ qaṣabi |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قَصَبَة qaṣaba | الْقَصَبَة al-qaṣaba | قَصَبَة qaṣabat |
| Nominative | قَصَبَةٌ qaṣabatun | الْقَصَبَةُ al-qaṣabatu | قَصَبَةُ qaṣabatu |
| Accusative | قَصَبَةً qaṣabatan | الْقَصَبَةَ al-qaṣabata | قَصَبَةَ qaṣabata |
| Genitive | قَصَبَةٍ qaṣabatin | الْقَصَبَةِ al-qaṣabati | قَصَبَةِ qaṣabati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | قَصَبَتَيْن qaṣabatayn | الْقَصَبَتَيْن al-qaṣabatayn | قَصَبَتَيْ qaṣabatay |
| Nominative | قَصَبَتَانِ qaṣabatāni | الْقَصَبَتَانِ al-qaṣabatāni | قَصَبَتَا qaṣabatā |
| Accusative | قَصَبَتَيْنِ qaṣabatayni | الْقَصَبَتَيْنِ al-qaṣabatayni | قَصَبَتَيْ qaṣabatay |
| Genitive | قَصَبَتَيْنِ qaṣabatayni | الْقَصَبَتَيْنِ al-qaṣabatayni | قَصَبَتَيْ qaṣabatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قَصَبَات qaṣabāt | الْقَصَبَات al-qaṣabāt | قَصَبَات qaṣabāt |
| Nominative | قَصَبَاتٌ qaṣabātun | الْقَصَبَاتُ al-qaṣabātu | قَصَبَاتُ qaṣabātu |
| Accusative | قَصَبَاتٍ qaṣabātin | الْقَصَبَاتِ al-qaṣabāti | قَصَبَاتِ qaṣabāti |
| Genitive | قَصَبَاتٍ qaṣabātin | الْقَصَبَاتِ al-qaṣabāti | قَصَبَاتِ qaṣabāti |
Descendants
- → Afar: kasab
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 258
- Freytag, Georg (1835), “قصب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 450
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “قصب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 746
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 662–685