مقص

Arabic

Root
ق ص ص (q ṣ ṣ)
10 terms

Etymology

Tool noun from the verb قَصَّ (qaṣṣa, “to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.qasˤsˤ/

Noun

مِقَصّ • (miqaṣṣ) m (plural مِقَصَّات (miqaṣṣāt) or مَقَاصّ (maqāṣṣ))

1. scissors
2. a clipping tool

   مِقَصُّ أَظَافِرَ ― miqaṣṣu ʔaẓāfira ― nail clippers

Declension

Declension of noun مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِقَصّ miqaṣṣ	الْمِقَصّ al-miqaṣṣ	مِقَصّ miqaṣṣ
nominative	مِقَصٌّ miqaṣṣun	الْمِقَصُّ al-miqaṣṣu	مِقَصُّ miqaṣṣu
accusative	مِقَصًّا miqaṣṣan	الْمِقَصَّ al-miqaṣṣa	مِقَصَّ miqaṣṣa
genitive	مِقَصٍّ miqaṣṣin	الْمِقَصِّ al-miqaṣṣi	مِقَصِّ miqaṣṣi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِقَصَّيْن miqaṣṣayn	الْمِقَصَّيْن al-miqaṣṣayn	مِقَصَّيْ miqaṣṣay
nominative	مِقَصَّانِ miqaṣṣāni	الْمِقَصَّانِ al-miqaṣṣāni	مِقَصَّا miqaṣṣā
accusative	مِقَصَّيْنِ miqaṣṣayni	الْمِقَصَّيْنِ al-miqaṣṣayni	مِقَصَّيْ miqaṣṣay
genitive	مِقَصَّيْنِ miqaṣṣayni	الْمِقَصَّيْنِ al-miqaṣṣayni	مِقَصَّيْ miqaṣṣay
plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِقَصَّات‎; مَقَاصّ miqaṣṣāt‎; maqāṣṣ	الْمِقَصَّات‎; الْمَقَاصّ al-miqaṣṣāt‎; al-maqāṣṣ	مِقَصَّات‎; مَقَاصّ miqaṣṣāt‎; maqāṣṣ
nominative	مِقَصَّاتٌ‎; مَقَاصُّ miqaṣṣātun‎; maqāṣṣu	الْمِقَصَّاتُ‎; الْمَقَاصُّ al-miqaṣṣātu‎; al-maqāṣṣu	مِقَصَّاتُ‎; مَقَاصُّ miqaṣṣātu‎; maqāṣṣu
accusative	مِقَصَّاتٍ‎; مَقَاصَّ miqaṣṣātin‎; maqāṣṣa	الْمِقَصَّاتِ‎; الْمَقَاصَّ al-miqaṣṣāti‎; al-maqāṣṣa	مِقَصَّاتِ‎; مَقَاصَّ miqaṣṣāti‎; maqāṣṣa
genitive	مِقَصَّاتٍ‎; مَقَاصَّ miqaṣṣātin‎; maqāṣṣa	الْمِقَصَّاتِ‎; الْمَقَاصِّ al-miqaṣṣāti‎; al-maqāṣṣi	مِقَصَّاتِ‎; مَقَاصِّ miqaṣṣāti‎; maqāṣṣi

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: مقص (maʔáṣṣ)
• Hijazi Arabic: مقص (magaṣṣ)
• Maltese: mqass
• Moroccan Arabic: مقص (mqaṣṣ)
• → Azerbaijani: maqqaş
• → Hausa: àlmakàshī
  • → Yoruba: àlùmọ́gàjí
• → Northern Kurdish: meqes
• → Ottoman Turkish: مقص (makas), مقاص (makas)
  • Turkish: makas
  • → Armenian: մախաս (maxas), մախկազ (maxkaz)
  • → Romanian: macaz
• → Swahili: mkasi

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ق ص ص
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʔasˤː/, [mæˈʔɑsˤ]

Noun

مقص • (maʔaṣṣ) m (plural مقصات (maʔaṣṣāt))

1. scissors

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ص ص
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡasˤsˤ/

Noun

مقص • (magaṣṣ) m (plural مقصات (magaṣṣāt))

1. scissors

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ق ص ص
1 term

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ)

Moroccan Arabic مقص

Inherited from Arabic مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mqasˤsˤ/

Noun

مقص • (mqaṣṣ) m (plural مقاص (mqāṣṣ))

1. scissors

Derived terms

• مقص الضفار (mqaṣṣ eḍ-ḍfār, “nail clipper”)

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ, “scissors”). Sense "earwig" is from its rear pincers.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʔasˤsˤ/

Noun

مقص • (mʔaṣṣ) m (plural مقصات (mʔaṣṣāt))

1. scissors
2. earwig

Derived terms

• مقص ضافير (mʔaṣṣ ḍāfīr, “nail clippers”)

Ottoman Turkish

مقص

Alternative forms

• مقاص (makas)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ, “scissors”).

Proper noun

مقص • (makas) (definite accusative مقصی (makası), plural مقصلر (makaslar))

1. scissors
2. any combination of metal or timber somewhat resembling a pair of scissors in form (clarification of this definition is needed)
3. shears
4. (architecture) truss

   Synonym: چاتی (çatı)

Derived terms

• عربه مقصی (ʼaraba makası, “carriage spring”)
• مقص بندی (makas bendi, “cross-leg throw in wrestling”)
• مقصجی (makascı, “maker or seller of scissors”)
• موم مقصی (mum makası, “candle snuffer”)
• یارم مقص (yarım makas, “two half shots linked together”)

Descendants

• Turkish: makas
• → Armenian: մախաս (maxas), մախկազ (maxkaz)
• → Romanian: macaz

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “makas”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3026
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “مقص”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 455a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مقص”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1209
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Forfex”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 601
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “مقص”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4841
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “makas”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مقص”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1944

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ, “scissors”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ma.ʔasˤsˤ/, [ma.ʔasˤsˤ]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ma.ɡasˤsˤ/, [ma.ɡasˤsˤ]

Noun

مقصّ • (maʔaṣṣ) m (plural مقصّات (maʔaṣṣāt))

1. scissors
   • 1909, Hans H. Spoer, Elias Nasrallah Haddad, Manual of Palestinian Arabic for self-instruction‎^[6], page 156:

     maḥṭo̅o̅ṭa fi ʿo͝olbet il-chashab haḏe̅e̅k maʿ il-mḳaṣṣ w‿il-ko͝osht-bân w‿il-mitr w‿il-bíkal.

     [محطوطة في علبة الخشب هديك مع المقص والكشتبان والمتر والبكل.]

     It is in that wooden box with the scissors, thimble, measure and hooks and eyes.