قميص

Arabic

Etymology

Probably from Latin camisia, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją. Compare Classical Syriac ܩܡܝܨܬܐ (qamīṣtāʾ).

A minority of scholars think that the Latin word is indeed borrowed from Semitic. The principal witness for this theory is a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ugaritic form /qms/, seemingly meaning “garment”. However, this word is not attested in any other old Semitic language.

Pronunciation

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Noun

قَمِيص • (qamīṣ) m (plural قُمْصَان (qumṣān) or أَقْمِصَة (ʔaqmiṣa))

1. shirt

Declension

Declension of noun قَمِيص (qamīṣ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَمِيص qamīṣ	الْقَمِيص al-qamīṣ	قَمِيص qamīṣ
Nominative	قَمِيصٌ qamīṣun	الْقَمِيصُ al-qamīṣu	قَمِيصُ qamīṣu
Accusative	قَمِيصًا qamīṣan	الْقَمِيصَ al-qamīṣa	قَمِيصَ qamīṣa
Genitive	قَمِيصٍ qamīṣin	الْقَمِيصِ al-qamīṣi	قَمِيصِ qamīṣi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَمِيصَيْن qamīṣayn	الْقَمِيصَيْن al-qamīṣayn	قَمِيصَيْ qamīṣay
Nominative	قَمِيصَانِ qamīṣāni	الْقَمِيصَانِ al-qamīṣāni	قَمِيصَا qamīṣā
Accusative	قَمِيصَيْنِ qamīṣayni	الْقَمِيصَيْنِ al-qamīṣayni	قَمِيصَيْ qamīṣay
Genitive	قَمِيصَيْنِ qamīṣayni	الْقَمِيصَيْنِ al-qamīṣayni	قَمِيصَيْ qamīṣay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُمْصَان qumṣān	الْقُمْصَان al-qumṣān	قُمْصَان qumṣān
Nominative	قُمْصَانٌ qumṣānun	الْقُمْصَانُ al-qumṣānu	قُمْصَانُ qumṣānu
Accusative	قُمْصَانًا qumṣānan	الْقُمْصَانَ al-qumṣāna	قُمْصَانَ qumṣāna
Genitive	قُمْصَانٍ qumṣānin	الْقُمْصَانِ al-qumṣāni	قُمْصَانِ qumṣāni

Descendants

• Maltese: qmis
• → Assamese: কামিজ (kamiz)
• → Bengali: কামিজ (kamij)
• → English: kamees
• → Hindi: क़मीज़ (qamīz)
• → Marathi: कमीज (kamīj)
• → Nepali: कमीज् (kamīj)
• → Urdu: قمیض (qamīz)