مقص

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the verb قَصَّ (qaṣṣa, “to cut”), from the root ق ص ص (q-ṣ-ṣ).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /mi.qasˤsˤ/

Noun

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

1. scissors
2. a clipping tool

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

• Maltese: mqass
• → Kurdish: meqes
• → Turkish: makas

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Egyptian Arabic

Noun

1. scissors

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Hijazi Arabic

مَقَص

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡasˤː/

Noun

مَقَص • (magaṣṣ) m (plural مَقَصَّات ‎(magaṣṣāt))

1. scissors