قماش
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ق م ش (q-m-š).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qu.maːʃ/
- (Hejazi) IPA(key): /ɡu.maːʃ/
Noun
قُمَاش • (qumāš) m (plural أَقْمِشَة (ʾaqmiša))
- cloth, material for clothing
- household goods, utensils, furniture, lumber
- small particles, fragments
- rubbish, trash, refuse, rabble
Declension
Declension of noun قُمَاش (qumāš)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قُمَاش qumāš | الْقُمَاش al-qumāš | قُمَاش qumāš |
| Nominative | قُمَاشٌ qumāšun | الْقُمَاشُ al-qumāšu | قُمَاشُ qumāšu |
| Accusative | قُمَاشًا qumāšan | الْقُمَاشَ al-qumāša | قُمَاشَ qumāša |
| Genitive | قُمَاشٍ qumāšin | الْقُمَاشِ al-qumāši | قُمَاشِ qumāši |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | قُمَاشَيْن qumāšayn | الْقُمَاشَيْن al-qumāšayn | قُمَاشَيْ qumāšay |
| Nominative | قُمَاشَانِ qumāšāni | الْقُمَاشَانِ al-qumāšāni | قُمَاشَا qumāšā |
| Accusative | قُمَاشَيْنِ qumāšayni | الْقُمَاشَيْنِ al-qumāšayni | قُمَاشَيْ qumāšay |
| Genitive | قُمَاشَيْنِ qumāšayni | الْقُمَاشَيْنِ al-qumāšayni | قُمَاشَيْ qumāšay |
| Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَقْمِشَة ʾaqmiša | الْأَقْمِشَة al-ʾaqmiša | أَقْمِشَة ʾaqmišat |
| Nominative | أَقْمِشَةٌ ʾaqmišatun | الْأَقْمِشَةُ al-ʾaqmišatu | أَقْمِشَةُ ʾaqmišatu |
| Accusative | أَقْمِشَةً ʾaqmišatan | الْأَقْمِشَةَ al-ʾaqmišata | أَقْمِشَةَ ʾaqmišata |
| Genitive | أَقْمِشَةٍ ʾaqmišatin | الْأَقْمِشَةِ al-ʾaqmišati | أَقْمِشَةِ ʾaqmišati |
Noun
قَمَّاش • (qammāš) m (plural قَمَّاشُون (qammāšūn), feminine قَمَّاشَة (qammāša))
- draper, cloth merchant
Declension
Declension of noun قَمَّاش (qammāš)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قَمَّاش qammāš | الْقَمَّاش al-qammāš | قَمَّاش qammāš | قَمَّاشَة qammāša | الْقَمَّاشَة al-qammāša | قَمَّاشَة qammāšat |
| Nominative | قَمَّاشٌ qammāšun | الْقَمَّاشُ al-qammāšu | قَمَّاشُ qammāšu | قَمَّاشَةٌ qammāšatun | الْقَمَّاشَةُ al-qammāšatu | قَمَّاشَةُ qammāšatu |
| Accusative | قَمَّاشًا qammāšan | الْقَمَّاشَ al-qammāša | قَمَّاشَ qammāša | قَمَّاشَةً qammāšatan | الْقَمَّاشَةَ al-qammāšata | قَمَّاشَةَ qammāšata |
| Genitive | قَمَّاشٍ qammāšin | الْقَمَّاشِ al-qammāši | قَمَّاشِ qammāši | قَمَّاشَةٍ qammāšatin | الْقَمَّاشَةِ al-qammāšati | قَمَّاشَةِ qammāšati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قَمَّاشَيْن qammāšayn | الْقَمَّاشَيْن al-qammāšayn | قَمَّاشَيْ qammāšay | قَمَّاشَتَيْن qammāšatayn | الْقَمَّاشَتَيْن al-qammāšatayn | قَمَّاشَتَيْ qammāšatay |
| Nominative | قَمَّاشَانِ qammāšāni | الْقَمَّاشَانِ al-qammāšāni | قَمَّاشَا qammāšā | قَمَّاشَتَانِ qammāšatāni | الْقَمَّاشَتَانِ al-qammāšatāni | قَمَّاشَتَا qammāšatā |
| Accusative | قَمَّاشَيْنِ qammāšayni | الْقَمَّاشَيْنِ al-qammāšayni | قَمَّاشَيْ qammāšay | قَمَّاشَتَيْنِ qammāšatayni | الْقَمَّاشَتَيْنِ al-qammāšatayni | قَمَّاشَتَيْ qammāšatay |
| Genitive | قَمَّاشَيْنِ qammāšayni | الْقَمَّاشَيْنِ al-qammāšayni | قَمَّاشَيْ qammāšay | قَمَّاشَتَيْنِ qammāšatayni | الْقَمَّاشَتَيْنِ al-qammāšatayni | قَمَّاشَتَيْ qammāšatay |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قَمَّاشِين qammāšīn | الْقَمَّاشِين al-qammāšīn | قَمَّاشِي qammāšī | قَمَّاشَات qammāšāt | الْقَمَّاشَات al-qammāšāt | قَمَّاشَات qammāšāt |
| Nominative | قَمَّاشُونَ qammāšūna | الْقَمَّاشُونَ al-qammāšūna | قَمَّاشُو qammāšū | قَمَّاشَاتٌ qammāšātun | الْقَمَّاشَاتُ al-qammāšātu | قَمَّاشَاتُ qammāšātu |
| Accusative | قَمَّاشِينَ qammāšīna | الْقَمَّاشِينَ al-qammāšīna | قَمَّاشِي qammāšī | قَمَّاشَاتٍ qammāšātin | الْقَمَّاشَاتِ al-qammāšāti | قَمَّاشَاتِ qammāšāti |
| Genitive | قَمَّاشِينَ qammāšīna | الْقَمَّاشِينَ al-qammāšīna | قَمَّاشِي qammāšī | قَمَّاشَاتٍ qammāšātin | الْقَمَّاشَاتِ al-qammāšāti | قَمَّاشَاتِ qammāšāti |
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “قماش”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قماش”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “قماش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 924