كبس

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ك ب س (k-b-s). The “intercalation” meaning is a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܟܒܰܫ (kḇaš) – the etymologically corresponding verb in Syriac – and its derivatives.

Noun[edit]

كَبْس (kabsm

  1. verbal noun of كَبَسَ (kabasa) (form I)
  2. pressure, squeeze, pressing
  3. raid, attack
  4. pickling, preservation (in vinegar, etc.)
  5. intercalation

Declension[edit]

Verb[edit]

كَبَسَ (kabasa) I, non-past يَكْبِسُ‎ (yakbisu)

  1. to press, to exert pressure, to squeeze
  2. to attack, to raid
  3. to intercalate
  4. to pickle, to preserve (in vinegar, etc.)
  5. to marinate
  6. to conserve

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

كَبَّسَ (kabbasa) II, non-past يُكَبِّسُ‎ (yukabbisu)

  1. to press hard, to squeeze hard
  2. to massage

Conjugation[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

كِبْس (kibsm (plural كُبُوس (kubūs))

  1. earth, sludge, especially one which one presses into watercourses to control them or which divides ditches or another pressed construction

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كبس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 4–5
  • Michael Jan de Goeje, editor (1879), Indices, glossarium et addenda et emendanda ad part. I–III (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 7)‎[3] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1879, pages 337–338
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “كبس”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[4] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 854–855
  • Schwally, Friedrich (1898) “Lexikalische Studien”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[5] (in German), volume 52, page 135
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “كبس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 949

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ك ب س
1 term

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic كَبَسَ (kabasa).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ka.bas/, [ˈka.bas]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

كبس (kabas) I (present بكسر (bikbis))

  1. to press, to click
    Synonyms: ضغط (ḍaḡaṭ), عصّ (ʕaṣṣ)

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of كبس (kabas)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m كبست (kabast) كبست (kabast) كبس (kabas) كبسنا (kabasna) كبستو (kabastu) كبسو (kabasu)
f كبستي (kabasti) كبست (kabsat)
present m بكبس (bakbis) بتكبس (btikbis) بكبس (bikbis) منكبس (mnikbis) بتكبسو (btikbisu) بكبسو (bikbisu)
f بتكبسي (btikbisi) بتكبس (btikbis)
subjunctive m أكبس (ʔakbis) تكبس (tikbis) يكبس (yikbis) نكبس (nikbis) تكبسو (tikbisu) يكبسو (yikbisu)
f تكبسي (tikbisi) تكبس (tikbis)
imperative m اكبس (ikbis) اكبسو (ikbisu)
f اكبسي (ikbisi)