قياس

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ي س (q-y-s).

Pronunciation

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Noun

قِيَاس • (qiyās) m (plural قِيَاسَات (qiyāsāt) or أَقْيِسَة (ʔaqyisa))

1. verbal noun of قَاسَ (qāsa) (form III)
2. size, dimension, measurement
3. measure, measuring, comparison
4. rule, analogy, paradigm, example
5. logical conclusion, syllogism
6. surmise, supposition, hypothesis
7. chilblain

Declension

Declension of noun قِيَاس (qiyās)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِيَاس qiyās	الْقِيَاس al-qiyās	قِيَاس qiyās
Nominative	قِيَاسٌ qiyāsun	الْقِيَاسُ al-qiyāsu	قِيَاسُ qiyāsu
Accusative	قِيَاسًا qiyāsan	الْقِيَاسَ al-qiyāsa	قِيَاسَ qiyāsa
Genitive	قِيَاسٍ qiyāsin	الْقِيَاسِ al-qiyāsi	قِيَاسِ qiyāsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِيَاسَيْن qiyāsayn	الْقِيَاسَيْن al-qiyāsayn	قِيَاسَيْ qiyāsay
Nominative	قِيَاسَانِ qiyāsāni	الْقِيَاسَانِ al-qiyāsāni	قِيَاسَا qiyāsā
Accusative	قِيَاسَيْنِ qiyāsayni	الْقِيَاسَيْنِ al-qiyāsayni	قِيَاسَيْ qiyāsay
Genitive	قِيَاسَيْنِ qiyāsayni	الْقِيَاسَيْنِ al-qiyāsayni	قِيَاسَيْ qiyāsay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِيَاسَات‎; أَقْيِسَة qiyāsāt‎; ʔaqyisa	الْقِيَاسَات‎; الْأَقْيِسَة al-qiyāsāt‎; al-ʔaqyisa	قِيَاسَات‎; أَقْيِسَة qiyāsāt‎; ʔaqyisat
Nominative	قِيَاسَاتٌ‎; أَقْيِسَةٌ qiyāsātun‎; ʔaqyisatun	الْقِيَاسَاتُ‎; الْأَقْيِسَةُ al-qiyāsātu‎; al-ʔaqyisatu	قِيَاسَاتُ‎; أَقْيِسَةُ qiyāsātu‎; ʔaqyisatu
Accusative	قِيَاسَاتٍ‎; أَقْيِسَةً qiyāsātin‎; ʔaqyisatan	الْقِيَاسَاتِ‎; الْأَقْيِسَةَ al-qiyāsāti‎; al-ʔaqyisata	قِيَاسَاتِ‎; أَقْيِسَةَ qiyāsāti‎; ʔaqyisata
Genitive	قِيَاسَاتٍ‎; أَقْيِسَةٍ qiyāsātin‎; ʔaqyisatin	الْقِيَاسَاتِ‎; الْأَقْيِسَةِ al-qiyāsāti‎; al-ʔaqyisati	قِيَاسَاتِ‎; أَقْيِسَةِ qiyāsāti‎; ʔaqyisati

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قياس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قاس (قيس)”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN