قسيس

Arabic

قِسِّيس

Alternative forms

• قِسّ (qiss), قَسّ (qass)

Etymology

From the Classical Syriac ܩܫܝܫܐ (“priest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qis.siːs/

Noun

قِسِّيس • (qissīs) m (plural قِسِّيسُون (qissīsūn) or قَسَاوِسَة (qasāwisa))

1. (Christianity) priest, clergyman, pastor, parson

Declension

Declension of noun قِسِّيس (qissīs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِسِّيس qissīs	الْقِسِّيس al-qissīs	قِسِّيس qissīs
Nominative	قِسِّيسٌ qissīsun	الْقِسِّيسُ al-qissīsu	قِسِّيسُ qissīsu
Accusative	قِسِّيسًا qissīsan	الْقِسِّيسَ al-qissīsa	قِسِّيسَ qissīsa
Genitive	قِسِّيسٍ qissīsin	الْقِسِّيسِ al-qissīsi	قِسِّيسِ qissīsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِسِّيسَيْن qissīsayn	الْقِسِّيسَيْن al-qissīsayn	قِسِّيسَيْ qissīsay
Nominative	قِسِّيسَانِ qissīsāni	الْقِسِّيسَانِ al-qissīsāni	قِسِّيسَا qissīsā
Accusative	قِسِّيسَيْنِ qissīsayni	الْقِسِّيسَيْنِ al-qissīsayni	قِسِّيسَيْ qissīsay
Genitive	قِسِّيسَيْنِ qissīsayni	الْقِسِّيسَيْنِ al-qissīsayni	قِسِّيسَيْ qissīsay
Plural	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِسِّيسِين‎; قَسَاوِسَة qissīsīn‎; qasāwisa	الْقِسِّيسِين‎; الْقَسَاوِسَة al-qissīsīn‎; al-qasāwisa	قِسِّيسِي‎; قَسَاوِسَة qissīsī‎; qasāwisat
Nominative	قِسِّيسُونَ‎; قَسَاوِسَةٌ qissīsūna‎; qasāwisatun	الْقِسِّيسُونَ‎; الْقَسَاوِسَةُ al-qissīsūna‎; al-qasāwisatu	قِسِّيسُو‎; قَسَاوِسَةُ qissīsū‎; qasāwisatu
Accusative	قِسِّيسِينَ‎; قَسَاوِسَةً qissīsīna‎; qasāwisatan	الْقِسِّيسِينَ‎; الْقَسَاوِسَةَ al-qissīsīna‎; al-qasāwisata	قِسِّيسِي‎; قَسَاوِسَةَ qissīsī‎; qasāwisata
Genitive	قِسِّيسِينَ‎; قَسَاوِسَةٍ qissīsīna‎; qasāwisatin	الْقِسِّيسِينَ‎; الْقَسَاوِسَةِ al-qissīsīna‎; al-qasāwisati	قِسِّيسِي‎; قَسَاوِسَةِ qissīsī‎; qasāwisati

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 275
• Rudolph, Wilhelm (1922) Die Abhängigkeit des Qorans von Judentum und Christentum (in German), Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, page 7
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قسيس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1023