قسي

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ق س و (q-s-w).

Adjective

قَسِيّ • (qasiyy)

1. firm, hard, dure

Declension

Declension of adjective قَسِيّ (qasiyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَسِي qasī	الْقَسِي al-qasī	قَسِيَّة qasiyya	الْقَسِيَّة al-qasiyya
Nominative	قَسِيٌّ qasiyyun	الْقَسِيُّ al-qasiyyu	قَسِيَّةٌ qasiyyatun	الْقَسِيَّةُ al-qasiyyatu
Accusative	قَسِيًّا qasiyyan	الْقَسِيَّ al-qasiyya	قَسِيَّةً qasiyyatan	الْقَسِيَّةَ al-qasiyyata
Genitive	قَسِيٍّ qasiyyin	الْقَسِيِّ al-qasiyyi	قَسِيَّةٍ qasiyyatin	الْقَسِيَّةِ al-qasiyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَسِيَّيْن qasiyyayn	الْقَسِيَّيْن al-qasiyyayn	قَسِيَّتَيْن qasiyyatayn	الْقَسِيَّتَيْن al-qasiyyatayn
Nominative	قَسِيَّانِ qasiyyāni	الْقَسِيَّانِ al-qasiyyāni	قَسِيَّتَانِ qasiyyatāni	الْقَسِيَّتَانِ al-qasiyyatāni
Accusative	قَسِيَّيْنِ qasiyyayni	الْقَسِيَّيْنِ al-qasiyyayni	قَسِيَّتَيْنِ qasiyyatayni	الْقَسِيَّتَيْنِ al-qasiyyatayni
Genitive	قَسِيَّيْنِ qasiyyayni	الْقَسِيَّيْنِ al-qasiyyayni	قَسِيَّتَيْنِ qasiyyatayni	الْقَسِيَّتَيْنِ al-qasiyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَسِيِّين‎; قِسْيَان qasiyyīn‎; qisyān	الْقَسِيِّين‎; الْقِسْيَان al-qasiyyīn‎; al-qisyān	قَسِيَّات qasiyyāt	الْقَسِيَّات al-qasiyyāt
Nominative	قَسِيُّونَ‎; قِسْيَانٌ qasiyyūna‎; qisyānun	الْقَسِيُّونَ‎; الْقِسْيَانُ al-qasiyyūna‎; al-qisyānu	قَسِيَّاتٌ qasiyyātun	الْقَسِيَّاتُ al-qasiyyātu
Accusative	قَسِيِّينَ‎; قِسْيَانًا qasiyyīna‎; qisyānan	الْقَسِيِّينَ‎; الْقِسْيَانَ al-qasiyyīna‎; al-qisyāna	قَسِيَّاتٍ qasiyyātin	الْقَسِيَّاتِ al-qasiyyāti
Genitive	قَسِيِّينَ‎; قِسْيَانٍ qasiyyīna‎; qisyānin	الْقَسِيِّينَ‎; الْقِسْيَانِ al-qasiyyīna‎; al-qisyāni	قَسِيَّاتٍ qasiyyātin	الْقَسِيَّاتِ al-qasiyyāti

Etymology 2

Possibly from Latin cassus (“vain”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

قَسِّيّ • (qassiyy) m

1. coins from bad silver
   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 77:80:

     نَهَانَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ سَبْعٍ نَهَى عَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ ـ أَوْ قَالَ حَلْقَةِ الذَّهَبِ ـ وَعَنِ الْحَرِيرِ، وَالإِسْتَبْرَقِ، وَالدِّيبَاجِ، وَالْمِيثَرَةِ الْحَمْرَاءِ، وَالْقَسِّيِّ، وَآنِيَةِ الْفِضَّةِ،

     nahānā n-nabiyyu ṣallā llāhu ʕalay-hi wasallama ʕan sabʕin nahā ʕan ḵātami ḏ-ḏahabi - ʔaw qāla ḥalqati ḏ-ḏahabi - wa-ʕani l-ḥarīri, wa-l-ʔistabraqi, wa-d-dībāji, wa-l-mīṯarati l-ḥamrāʔi, wa-l-qassiyyi, wa-ʔāniyati l-fiḍḍati,

     The Prophet (PBUH) forbade us seven things, signets of gold, silk, brocade, silk brocade, red saddle pillows, fake silver coins, and silverware.

Declension

Declension of noun قَسِّيّ (qassiyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَسِّي qassī	الْقَسِّي al-qassī	قَسِّي qassī
Nominative	قَسِّيٌّ qassiyyun	الْقَسِّيُّ al-qassiyyu	قَسِّيُّ qassiyyu
Accusative	قَسِّيًّا qassiyyan	الْقَسِّيَّ al-qassiyya	قَسِّيَّ qassiyya
Genitive	قَسِّيٍّ qassiyyin	الْقَسِّيِّ al-qassiyyi	قَسِّيِّ qassiyyi

Etymology 3

Verb

1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of قَسَّ (qassa)

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 196
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قسي”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 445a