قياس
Arabic
Root |
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ق ي س (q-y-s) |
Etymology
From the root ق ي س (q-y-s).
Pronunciation
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Noun
قِيَاس • (qiyās) m (dual قِيَاسَانِ (qiyāsāni), plural أَقْيِسَة (ʾaqyisa))
- verbal noun of قَاسَ (qāsa) (form III)
- size, dimension, measurement
- measure, measuring, comparison
- rule, analogy, paradigm, example
- قِيَاساً عَلَى ذَلِك ― qiyāsan ʿalā ḏalik ― by analogy
- logical conclusion, syllogism
- (linguistics) analogy
- Antonym: سَمَاع (samāʿ)
- (Islam) qiyas (islamic ruling derived by analogy)
Declension
Declension of noun قِيَاس (qiyās)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | قِيَاس qiyās | الْقِيَاس al-qiyās | قِيَاس qiyās |
Nominative | قِيَاسٌ qiyāsun | الْقِيَاسُ al-qiyāsu | قِيَاسُ qiyāsu |
Accusative | قِيَاسًا qiyāsan | الْقِيَاسَ al-qiyāsa | قِيَاسَ qiyāsa |
Genitive | قِيَاسٍ qiyāsin | الْقِيَاسِ al-qiyāsi | قِيَاسِ qiyāsi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | قِيَاسَيْن qiyāsayn | الْقِيَاسَيْن al-qiyāsayn | قِيَاسَيْ qiyāsay |
Nominative | قِيَاسَانِ qiyāsāni | الْقِيَاسَانِ al-qiyāsāni | قِيَاسَا qiyāsā |
Accusative | قِيَاسَيْنِ qiyāsayni | الْقِيَاسَيْنِ al-qiyāsayni | قِيَاسَيْ qiyāsay |
Genitive | قِيَاسَيْنِ qiyāsayni | الْقِيَاسَيْنِ al-qiyāsayni | قِيَاسَيْ qiyāsay |
Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَقْيِسَة ʾaqyisa | الْأَقْيِسَة al-ʾaqyisa | أَقْيِسَة ʾaqyisat |
Nominative | أَقْيِسَةٌ ʾaqyisatun | الْأَقْيِسَةُ al-ʾaqyisatu | أَقْيِسَةُ ʾaqyisatu |
Accusative | أَقْيِسَةً ʾaqyisatan | الْأَقْيِسَةَ al-ʾaqyisata | أَقْيِسَةَ ʾaqyisata |
Genitive | أَقْيِسَةٍ ʾaqyisatin | الْأَقْيِسَةِ al-ʾaqyisati | أَقْيِسَةِ ʾaqyisati |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قياس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “قاس (قيس)”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN