ܩܦܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κάψος (kápsos) or Latin capsus.

Alternative forms

• ܩܦܨܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qafsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qafse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܦܣܐ • (qap̄sā) m (plural ܩܦܣܐ)

1. basket
2. cage, birdcage
3. enclosure, pen

Inflection

    inflection of ܩܦܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܦܣ	ܩܦܣܝܢ
construct	ܩܦܣ	ܩܦܣܝ
emphatic	ܩܦܣܐ	ܩܦܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܦܣܝ	ܩܦܣܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܦܣܟ	ܩܦܣܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܝ	ܩܦܣܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܦܣܗ	ܩܦܣܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܦܣܗ	ܩܦܣܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܦܣܢ	ܩܦܣܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܘܢ	ܩܦܣܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܝܢ	ܩܦܣܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܦܣܗܘܢ	ܩܦܣܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܦܣܗܝܢ	ܩܦܣܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: قفص (qafaṣ, qufṣ)
  • Gulf Arabic: قفص (gʊfəṣ)
  • Maltese: qafas
  • → Kazakh: қапас (qapas)
  • → Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: قەفەس (qefes), قەفەز (qefez)

    Northern Kurdish: qefes

    Southern Kurdish: قەفەس (qefes), قەفەز (qefez)

  • → Persian: قفس (qafas)
    • → Azerbaijani: qəfəs
    • → Gujarati: કફસ (kaphas)
    • → Hindustani:

      Hindi: क़फ़स (qafas)

      Urdu: قَفَس (qafas)

    • → Uyghur: قەپەز (qepez)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: قفس (kafes)
      • Turkish: kafes
      • → Albanian: kafaz
      • → Armenian: խաֆես (xafes), կաֆաս (kafas)
      • → Bulgarian: кафе́з (kaféz)
      • → Crimean Tatar: qafes
      • → Greek: καφάσι (kafási), καφασωτός (kafasotós)
      • → Macedonian: кафез (kafez)
      • → Serbo-Croatian:

        Cyrillic script: ка̀вез

        Latin script: kàvez

Etymology 2

From the root ܩ-ܦ-ܣ (q-p-s) related to contracting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [q(ə)fɑsɑ(ʔ)], [qɛfsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [q(ə)fɑse(ʔ)], [qɛfse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܦܣܐ • (qp̄āsā) m (plural ܩܦܣܐ)

1. (medicine) contraction, convulsion, spasm
2. store, storehouse, granary

Inflection

    inflection of ܩܦܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܦܣ	ܩܦܣܝܢ
construct	ܩܦܣ	ܩܦܣܝ
emphatic	ܩܦܣܐ	ܩܦܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܦܣܝ	ܩܦܣܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܦܣܟ	ܩܦܣܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܝ	ܩܦܣܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܦܣܗ	ܩܦܣܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܦܣܗ	ܩܦܣܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܦܣܢ	ܩܦܣܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܘܢ	ܩܦܣܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܝܢ	ܩܦܣܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܦܣܗܘܢ	ܩܦܣܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܦܣܗܝܢ	ܩܦܣܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 3

From the root ܩ-ܦ-ܣ (q-p-s) related to contracting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qɑfsɑ(ʔ)], [qɛfsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qɑfse(ʔ)], [qɛfse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܦܣܐ • (qup̄sā) m (plural ܩܦܣܐ)

1. (anatomy) ham, hock; haunch

Inflection

    inflection of ܩܦܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܦܣ	ܩܦܣܝܢ
construct	ܩܦܣ	ܩܦܣܝ
emphatic	ܩܦܣܐ	ܩܦܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܦܣܝ	ܩܦܣܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܦܣܟ	ܩܦܣܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܝ	ܩܦܣܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܦܣܗ	ܩܦܣܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܦܣܗ	ܩܦܣܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܦܣܢ	ܩܦܣܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܘܢ	ܩܦܣܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܦܣܟܝܢ	ܩܦܣܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܦܣܗܘܢ	ܩܦܣܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܦܣܗܝܢ	ܩܦܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “qps”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 326b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 514b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1395a