طقس

See also: طفش

Arabic

FWOTD – 25 September 2017

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܛܟܣܐ (ṭekkəsā), from . Originally a very technical term in Christian and philosophical contexts; apparently introduced in general use in the late 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaqs/

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  • IPA^(key): /tˤaqs/, IPA^(key): /tˤaʔs/
  • IPA^(key): /tˤaɡs/
  • IPA^(key): /tˤa.qisˤ/
  • IPA^(key): /tˤaʔəs/

Noun

طَقْس • (ṭaqs) m (plural طُقُوس (ṭuqūs))

1. weather (usually used for short period meteorological changes)
   • 2003, Muhammed Ibn al-Hassan al-Hajwi, الرحلة الأوروبية 1919 (al-riḥla al-ʾurubbiyya 1919) (Europe Trip 1919)

     وكل ذلك مرسوم بيد رسام إسبنيولي كان حاضراً معنا يرينا ذلك، والمقصود تمثيل الذوق الإسبنيولي في التصوير الملون الذي يطابق طقس أرضهم الصافية

     wa-kullu ḏālika marsūmun bi-yadi rassāmin ʾisbanyūliyyin kāna ḥāḍiran maʿanā yuriyanā ḏālika, wa-l-maqṣūdu tamṯīlu ḏ-ḏawqi l-ʾisbanyūliyyi fī t-taṣwīri l-mulawwani llaḏī yuṭābiqu ṭaqsa ʾarḍihimu ṣ-ṣāfiyyati

     All this was painted by a Spanish painter who was present with us to show us that. The aim was to illustrate the Spanish taste in painting in colour, which matches the climate of their serene land

2. (usually in the plural) ritual, rite, religious practice
   • 1913, Priest Ishaq Armala, سياحة في طور عبدين (siyāḥti fī ṭūr ʿabdīn) (My Travels to Tur Abdin)

     وعندما يولد الولد يعمّدونه بعد ثمانية أيام أو أقل وفي ذلك يخالفون طقس أجدادهم الذين كانوا قضوا بالعماد في عيد الدنح وسبت النور فقط.

     wa-ʿindamā yūladu l-waladu yuʿammidūnahu baʿda ṯamāniyati ʾayyāmin ʾaw ʾaqalla wa-fī ḏālika yuḵālifūna ṭaqsa ʾajdādihimu llaḏīna kānū qaḍaw bil-ʿimādi fī ʿīdi d-dinḥi wa-sabti n-nūri faqaṭ.

     When a child is born they baptise it after eight days or less and in doing so they violate the practice of their ancestors, who used to only baptise on the Epiphany or on Easter Saturday.

3. liturgy, church constitution
4. order of the ministry, clerical rank (Christianity)
5. (obsolete) order, organization

Declension

Declension of noun طَقْس (ṭaqs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَقْس ṭaqs	الطَّقْس aṭ-ṭaqs	طَقْس ṭaqs
Nominative	طَقْسٌ ṭaqsun	الطَّقْسُ aṭ-ṭaqsu	طَقْسُ ṭaqsu
Accusative	طَقْسًا ṭaqsan	الطَّقْسَ aṭ-ṭaqsa	طَقْسَ ṭaqsa
Genitive	طَقْسٍ ṭaqsin	الطَّقْسِ aṭ-ṭaqsi	طَقْسِ ṭaqsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَقْسَيْن ṭaqsayn	الطَّقْسَيْن aṭ-ṭaqsayn	طَقْسَيْ ṭaqsay
Nominative	طَقْسَانِ ṭaqsāni	الطَّقْسَانِ aṭ-ṭaqsāni	طَقْسَا ṭaqsā
Accusative	طَقْسَيْنِ ṭaqsayni	الطَّقْسَيْنِ aṭ-ṭaqsayni	طَقْسَيْ ṭaqsay
Genitive	طَقْسَيْنِ ṭaqsayni	الطَّقْسَيْنِ aṭ-ṭaqsayni	طَقْسَيْ ṭaqsay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُقُوس ṭuqūs	الطُّقُوس aṭ-ṭuqūs	طُقُوس ṭuqūs
Nominative	طُقُوسٌ ṭuqūsun	الطُّقُوسُ aṭ-ṭuqūsu	طُقُوسُ ṭuqūsu
Accusative	طُقُوسًا ṭuqūsan	الطُّقُوسَ aṭ-ṭuqūsa	طُقُوسَ ṭuqūsa
Genitive	طُقُوسٍ ṭuqūsin	الطُّقُوسِ aṭ-ṭuqūsi	طُقُوسِ ṭuqūsi

See also

• جَوّ (jaww)
• مُنَاخ (munāḵ)

Derived terms

• طَقْسِي (ṭaqsī, “liturgical, liturgist”)
• الطَقْسِيات (aṭ-ṭaqsiyāt, “Christian liturgical literature”)
• طَقَّسَ (ṭaqqasa, “to ordain into the ministry according to ritual”)
• تَطَقَّسَ (taṭaqqasa, “to perform a ritual”)

Descendants

• Tamazight: ṭṭaqs (“weather forecast”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “طقس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN