كبس
See also: كبش
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ك ب س (k-b-s). The “intercalation” meaning is a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܟܒܰܫ (kḇaš) – the etymologically corresponding verb in Syriac – and its derivatives.
Noun
كَبْس • (kabs) m
- verbal noun of كَبَسَ (kabasa) (form I)
- pressure, squeeze, pressing
- raid, attack
- pickling, preservation (in vinegar, etc.)
- intercalation
Declension
Declension of noun كَبْس (kabs)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | كَبْس kabs | الْكَبْس al-kabs | كَبْس kabs |
Nominative | كَبْسٌ kabsun | الْكَبْسُ al-kabsu | كَبْسُ kabsu |
Accusative | كَبْسًا kabsan | الْكَبْسَ al-kabsa | كَبْسَ kabsa |
Genitive | كَبْسٍ kabsin | الْكَبْسِ al-kabsi | كَبْسِ kabsi |
Verb
كَبَسَ • (kabasa) I, non-past يَكْبِسُ (yakbisu)
- to press, to exert pressure, to squeeze
- to attack, to raid
- to intercalate
- to pickle, to preserve (in vinegar, etc.)
- to marinate
- to conserve
Conjugation
Conjugation of
كَبَسَ
(form-I sound, verbal noun كَبْس)verbal noun الْمَصْدَر | كَبْس kabs | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | كَابِس kābis | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول | مَكْبُوس makbūs | |||||||||||
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 | كَبَسْتُ kabastu | كَبَسْتَ kabasta | كَبَسَ kabasa | كَبَسْتُمَا kabastumā | كَبَسَا kabasā | كَبَسْنَا kabasnā | كَبَسْتُمْ kabastum | كَبَسُوا kabasū | |||
f | كَبَسْتِ kabasti | كَبَسَتْ kabasat | كَبَسَتَا kabasatā | كَبَسْتُنَّ kabastunna | كَبَسْنَ kabasna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أَكْبِسُ ʾakbisu | تَكْبِسُ takbisu | يَكْبِسُ yakbisu | تَكْبِسَانِ takbisāni | يَكْبِسَانِ yakbisāni | نَكْبِسُ nakbisu | تَكْبِسُونَ takbisūna | يَكْبِسُونَ yakbisūna | |||
f | تَكْبِسِينَ takbisīna | تَكْبِسُ takbisu | تَكْبِسَانِ takbisāni | تَكْبِسْنَ takbisna | يَكْبِسْنَ yakbisna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أَكْبِسَ ʾakbisa | تَكْبِسَ takbisa | يَكْبِسَ yakbisa | تَكْبِسَا takbisā | يَكْبِسَا yakbisā | نَكْبِسَ nakbisa | تَكْبِسُوا takbisū | يَكْبِسُوا yakbisū | |||
f | تَكْبِسِي takbisī | تَكْبِسَ takbisa | تَكْبِسَا takbisā | تَكْبِسْنَ takbisna | يَكْبِسْنَ yakbisna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أَكْبِسْ ʾakbis | تَكْبِسْ takbis | يَكْبِسْ yakbis | تَكْبِسَا takbisā | يَكْبِسَا yakbisā | نَكْبِسْ nakbis | تَكْبِسُوا takbisū | يَكْبِسُوا yakbisū | |||
f | تَكْبِسِي takbisī | تَكْبِسْ takbis | تَكْبِسَا takbisā | تَكْبِسْنَ takbisna | يَكْبِسْنَ yakbisna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر | m | اِكْبِسْ ikbis | اِكْبِسَا ikbisā | اِكْبِسُوا ikbisū | ||||||||
f | اِكْبِسِي ikbisī | اِكْبِسْنَ ikbisna | ||||||||||
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 | كُبِسْتُ kubistu | كُبِسْتَ kubista | كُبِسَ kubisa | كُبِسْتُمَا kubistumā | كُبِسَا kubisā | كُبِسْنَا kubisnā | كُبِسْتُمْ kubistum | كُبِسُوا kubisū | |||
f | كُبِسْتِ kubisti | كُبِسَتْ kubisat | كُبِسَتَا kubisatā | كُبِسْتُنَّ kubistunna | كُبِسْنَ kubisna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أُكْبَسُ ʾukbasu | تُكْبَسُ tukbasu | يُكْبَسُ yukbasu | تُكْبَسَانِ tukbasāni | يُكْبَسَانِ yukbasāni | نُكْبَسُ nukbasu | تُكْبَسُونَ tukbasūna | يُكْبَسُونَ yukbasūna | |||
f | تُكْبَسِينَ tukbasīna | تُكْبَسُ tukbasu | تُكْبَسَانِ tukbasāni | تُكْبَسْنَ tukbasna | يُكْبَسْنَ yukbasna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أُكْبَسَ ʾukbasa | تُكْبَسَ tukbasa | يُكْبَسَ yukbasa | تُكْبَسَا tukbasā | يُكْبَسَا yukbasā | نُكْبَسَ nukbasa | تُكْبَسُوا tukbasū | يُكْبَسُوا yukbasū | |||
f | تُكْبَسِي tukbasī | تُكْبَسَ tukbasa | تُكْبَسَا tukbasā | تُكْبَسْنَ tukbasna | يُكْبَسْنَ yukbasna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أُكْبَسْ ʾukbas | تُكْبَسْ tukbas | يُكْبَسْ yukbas | تُكْبَسَا tukbasā | يُكْبَسَا yukbasā | نُكْبَسْ nukbas | تُكْبَسُوا tukbasū | يُكْبَسُوا yukbasū | |||
f | تُكْبَسِي tukbasī | تُكْبَسْ tukbas | تُكْبَسَا tukbasā | تُكْبَسْنَ tukbasna | يُكْبَسْنَ yukbasna |
Verb
كَبَّسَ • (kabbasa) II, non-past يُكَبِّسُ (yukabbisu)
- to press hard, to squeeze hard
- to massage
Conjugation
Conjugation of
كَبَّسَ
(form-II sound)verbal noun الْمَصْدَر | تَكْبِيس takbīs | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | مُكَبِّس mukabbis | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول | مُكَبَّس mukabbas | |||||||||||
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 | كَبَّسْتُ kabbastu | كَبَّسْتَ kabbasta | كَبَّسَ kabbasa | كَبَّسْتُمَا kabbastumā | كَبَّسَا kabbasā | كَبَّسْنَا kabbasnā | كَبَّسْتُمْ kabbastum | كَبَّسُوا kabbasū | |||
f | كَبَّسْتِ kabbasti | كَبَّسَتْ kabbasat | كَبَّسَتَا kabbasatā | كَبَّسْتُنَّ kabbastunna | كَبَّسْنَ kabbasna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أُكَبِّسُ ʾukabbisu | تُكَبِّسُ tukabbisu | يُكَبِّسُ yukabbisu | تُكَبِّسَانِ tukabbisāni | يُكَبِّسَانِ yukabbisāni | نُكَبِّسُ nukabbisu | تُكَبِّسُونَ tukabbisūna | يُكَبِّسُونَ yukabbisūna | |||
f | تُكَبِّسِينَ tukabbisīna | تُكَبِّسُ tukabbisu | تُكَبِّسَانِ tukabbisāni | تُكَبِّسْنَ tukabbisna | يُكَبِّسْنَ yukabbisna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أُكَبِّسَ ʾukabbisa | تُكَبِّسَ tukabbisa | يُكَبِّسَ yukabbisa | تُكَبِّسَا tukabbisā | يُكَبِّسَا yukabbisā | نُكَبِّسَ nukabbisa | تُكَبِّسُوا tukabbisū | يُكَبِّسُوا yukabbisū | |||
f | تُكَبِّسِي tukabbisī | تُكَبِّسَ tukabbisa | تُكَبِّسَا tukabbisā | تُكَبِّسْنَ tukabbisna | يُكَبِّسْنَ yukabbisna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أُكَبِّسْ ʾukabbis | تُكَبِّسْ tukabbis | يُكَبِّسْ yukabbis | تُكَبِّسَا tukabbisā | يُكَبِّسَا yukabbisā | نُكَبِّسْ nukabbis | تُكَبِّسُوا tukabbisū | يُكَبِّسُوا yukabbisū | |||
f | تُكَبِّسِي tukabbisī | تُكَبِّسْ tukabbis | تُكَبِّسَا tukabbisā | تُكَبِّسْنَ tukabbisna | يُكَبِّسْنَ yukabbisna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر | m | كَبِّسْ kabbis | كَبِّسَا kabbisā | كَبِّسُوا kabbisū | ||||||||
f | كَبِّسِي kabbisī | كَبِّسْنَ kabbisna | ||||||||||
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 | كُبِّسْتُ kubbistu | كُبِّسْتَ kubbista | كُبِّسَ kubbisa | كُبِّسْتُمَا kubbistumā | كُبِّسَا kubbisā | كُبِّسْنَا kubbisnā | كُبِّسْتُمْ kubbistum | كُبِّسُوا kubbisū | |||
f | كُبِّسْتِ kubbisti | كُبِّسَتْ kubbisat | كُبِّسَتَا kubbisatā | كُبِّسْتُنَّ kubbistunna | كُبِّسْنَ kubbisna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أُكَبَّسُ ʾukabbasu | تُكَبَّسُ tukabbasu | يُكَبَّسُ yukabbasu | تُكَبَّسَانِ tukabbasāni | يُكَبَّسَانِ yukabbasāni | نُكَبَّسُ nukabbasu | تُكَبَّسُونَ tukabbasūna | يُكَبَّسُونَ yukabbasūna | |||
f | تُكَبَّسِينَ tukabbasīna | تُكَبَّسُ tukabbasu | تُكَبَّسَانِ tukabbasāni | تُكَبَّسْنَ tukabbasna | يُكَبَّسْنَ yukabbasna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أُكَبَّسَ ʾukabbasa | تُكَبَّسَ tukabbasa | يُكَبَّسَ yukabbasa | تُكَبَّسَا tukabbasā | يُكَبَّسَا yukabbasā | نُكَبَّسَ nukabbasa | تُكَبَّسُوا tukabbasū | يُكَبَّسُوا yukabbasū | |||
f | تُكَبَّسِي tukabbasī | تُكَبَّسَ tukabbasa | تُكَبَّسَا tukabbasā | تُكَبَّسْنَ tukabbasna | يُكَبَّسْنَ yukabbasna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أُكَبَّسْ ʾukabbas | تُكَبَّسْ tukabbas | يُكَبَّسْ yukabbas | تُكَبَّسَا tukabbasā | يُكَبَّسَا yukabbasā | نُكَبَّسْ nukabbas | تُكَبَّسُوا tukabbasū | يُكَبَّسُوا yukabbasū | |||
f | تُكَبَّسِي tukabbasī | تُكَبَّسْ tukabbas | تُكَبَّسَا tukabbasā | تُكَبَّسْنَ tukabbasna | يُكَبَّسْنَ yukabbasna |
Related terms
- كَابُوس (kābūs, “nightmare”)
Noun
كِبْس • (kibs) m (plural كُبُوس (kubūs))
- earth, sludge, especially one which one presses into watercourses to control them or which divides ditches or another pressed construction
- a. 1000, المقدسي, Michael Jan de Goeje, editor, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 164 a:
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Declension
Declension of noun كِبْس (kibs)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | كِبْس kibs | الْكِبْس al-kibs | كِبْس kibs |
Nominative | كِبْسٌ kibsun | الْكِبْسُ al-kibsu | كِبْسُ kibsu |
Accusative | كِبْسًا kibsan | الْكِبْسَ al-kibsa | كِبْسَ kibsa |
Genitive | كِبْسٍ kibsin | الْكِبْسِ al-kibsi | كِبْسِ kibsi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | كِبْسَيْن kibsayn | الْكِبْسَيْن al-kibsayn | كِبْسَيْ kibsay |
Nominative | كِبْسَانِ kibsāni | الْكِبْسَانِ al-kibsāni | كِبْسَا kibsā |
Accusative | كِبْسَيْنِ kibsayni | الْكِبْسَيْنِ al-kibsayni | كِبْسَيْ kibsay |
Genitive | كِبْسَيْنِ kibsayni | الْكِبْسَيْنِ al-kibsayni | كِبْسَيْ kibsay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | كُبُوس kubūs | الْكُبُوس al-kubūs | كُبُوس kubūs |
Nominative | كُبُوسٌ kubūsun | الْكُبُوسُ al-kubūsu | كُبُوسُ kubūsu |
Accusative | كُبُوسًا kubūsan | الْكُبُوسَ al-kubūsa | كُبُوسَ kubūsa |
Genitive | كُبُوسٍ kubūsin | الْكُبُوسِ al-kubūsi | كُبُوسِ kubūsi |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1837), “كبس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 4–5
- Michael Jan de Goeje, editor (1879) Indices, glossarium et addenda et emendanda ad part. I–III (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 7) (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1879, pages 337–338
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “كبس”, 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, pages 854–855
- Schwally, Friedrich (1898), “Lexikalische Studien”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 52, page 135
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “كبس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 949
South Levantine Arabic
Root |
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ك ب س |
Etymology
From Arabic كَبَسَ (kabasa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.bas/, [ˈka.bas]
Audio (al-Lidd) (file)
Verb
كبس • (kabas) (form I, present بكسر (bikbis))
- to press, to click
- Synonyms: ضغط (ḍaḡaṭ), عصّ (ʕaṣṣ)
Conjugation
Conjugation of كبس (kabas) | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | كبست (kabast) | كبست (kabast) | كبس (kabas) | كبسنا (kabasna) | كبستو (kabastu) | كبسو (kabasu) | |
f | كبستي (kabasti) | كبست (kabsat) | ||||||
present | m | بكبس (bakbis) | بتكبس (btikbis) | بكبس (bikbis) | منكبس (mnikbis) | بتكبسو (btikbisu) | بكبسو (bikbisu) | |
f | بتكبسي (btikbisi) | بتكبس (btikbis) | ||||||
subjunctive | m | أكبس (ʔakbis) | تكبس (tikbis) | يكبس (yikbis) | نكبس (nikbis) | تكبسو (tikbisu) | يكبسو (yikbisu) | |
f | تكبسي (tikbisi) | تكبس (tikbis) | ||||||
imperative | m | اكبس (ikbis) | اكبسو (ikbisu) | |||||
f | اكبسي (ikbisi) |