ܩܦܣܐ

ܩܦܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κάψος (kápsos) or Latin capsus.

Alternative forms

• ܩܦܨܐ‎ (qap̄ṣɑ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qafsɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qafse] (plural)

Noun

ܩܦܣܐ • (qap̄sā) m (plural ܩܦܣܐ (qap̄sē))

1. basket
2. cage, birdcage
3. enclosure, pen

Inflection

    inflection of ܩܦܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܦܣ‎	ܩܦܣܝܢ‎
construct	ܩܦܣ‎	ܩܦܣܝ‎
emphatic	ܩܦܣܐ	ܩܦܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܦܣܝ‎	ܩܦܣܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܦܣܟ‎	ܩܦܣܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܝ‎	ܩܦܣܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܦܣܗ‎	ܩܦܣܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܦܣܗ‎	ܩܦܣܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܦܣܢ‎	ܩܦܣܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܘܢ‎	ܩܦܣܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܝܢ‎	ܩܦܣܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܦܣܗܘܢ‎	ܩܦܣܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܦܣܗܝܢ‎	ܩܦܣܝܗܝܢ‎

Descendants

• → Arabic: قفص‎ (qafaṣ, qufṣ)
  • Gulf Arabic: قفص‎ (gʊfəṣ)
  • Maltese: qafas
  • → Kazakh: қапас (qapas)
  • → Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: قەفەس‎ (qefes), قەفەز‎ (qefez)

    Northern Kurdish: qefes

    Southern Kurdish: قەفەس‎ (qefes), قەفەز‎ (qefez)

  • → Persian: قفس‎ (qafas)
    • → Azerbaijani: qəfəs
    • → Hindustani

      Hindi: क़फ़स (qafas)

      Urdu: قفس‎ (qafas)

    • → Uyghur: قەپەس‎ (qepes)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: قفس‎ (kafes)
      • Turkish: kafes
      • → Albanian: kafaz
      • → Armenian: խաֆես (xafes), կաֆաս (kafas)
      • → Bulgarian: кафе́з (kaféz)
      • → Crimean Tatar: qafes
      • → Greek: καφάσι (kafási), καφασωτός (kafasotós)
      • → Macedonian: кафез (kafez)
      • → Serbo-Croatian:

        Cyrillic: ка̀вез

        Latin: kàvez

Etymology 2

From the root ܩ-ܦ-ܣ‎ (q-p-s) related to contracting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [q(ə)fɑsɑ], [qɛfsɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [q(ə)fɑse], [qɛfse] (plural)

Noun

ܩܦܣܐ • (qp̄āsā) m (plural ܩܦܣܐ (qp̄āsē))

1. (medicine) contraction, convulsion, spasm
2. store, storehouse, granary

Inflection

    inflection of ܩܦܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܦܣ‎	ܩܦܣܝܢ‎
construct	ܩܦܣ‎	ܩܦܣܝ‎
emphatic	ܩܦܣܐ	ܩܦܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܦܣܝ‎	ܩܦܣܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܦܣܟ‎	ܩܦܣܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܝ‎	ܩܦܣܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܦܣܗ‎	ܩܦܣܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܦܣܗ‎	ܩܦܣܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܦܣܢ‎	ܩܦܣܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܘܢ‎	ܩܦܣܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܝܢ‎	ܩܦܣܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܦܣܗܘܢ‎	ܩܦܣܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܦܣܗܝܢ‎	ܩܦܣܝܗܝܢ‎

Etymology 3

From the root ܩ-ܦ-ܣ‎ (q-p-s) related to contracting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qufsɑ], [qɑfsɑ], [qɛfsɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qufse], [qɑfse], [qɛfse] (plural)
• Homophone: ܩܘܦܣܐ‎

Noun

ܩܦܣܐ • (qup̄sā) m (plural ܩܦܣܐ (qup̄sē))

1. (anatomy) ham, hock; haunch

Inflection

    inflection of ܩܦܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܦܣ‎	ܩܦܣܝܢ‎
construct	ܩܦܣ‎	ܩܦܣܝ‎
emphatic	ܩܦܣܐ	ܩܦܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܦܣܝ‎	ܩܦܣܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܦܣܟ‎	ܩܦܣܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܝ‎	ܩܦܣܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܦܣܗ‎	ܩܦܣܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܦܣܗ‎	ܩܦܣܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܦܣܢ‎	ܩܦܣܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܘܢ‎	ܩܦܣܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܝܢ‎	ܩܦܣܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܦܣܗܘܢ‎	ܩܦܣܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܦܣܗܝܢ‎	ܩܦܣܝܗܝܢ‎

References

• “qps²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “qpṣ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “qps”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “qwpsˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 326b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 514b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1395a