كبيس

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ك ب س (k-b-s), but the “intercalary” meaning is a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܟܒܝܫ (kabbīš), the passive participle of ܟܒܰܫ (kḇaš, “to tread down”), the Syriac verb corresponding to Arabic كَبَسَ (kabasa, “to press down”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.biːs/

Adjective

كَبِيس • (kabīs)

preserved
1. pickled, canned, bottled etc.
2. stuffed, mummified
3. intercalary, leap … (as in leap year)

Declension

Declension of adjective كَبِيس (kabīs)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	كَبِيس kabīs	الْكَبِيس al-kabīs	كَبِيسَة kabīsa	الْكَبِيسَة al-kabīsa
Nominative	كَبِيسٌ kabīsun	الْكَبِيسُ al-kabīsu	كَبِيسَةٌ kabīsatun	الْكَبِيسَةُ al-kabīsatu
Accusative	كَبِيسًا kabīsan	الْكَبِيسَ al-kabīsa	كَبِيسَةً kabīsatan	الْكَبِيسَةَ al-kabīsata
Genitive	كَبِيسٍ kabīsin	الْكَبِيسِ al-kabīsi	كَبِيسَةٍ kabīsatin	الْكَبِيسَةِ al-kabīsati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	كَبِيسَيْن kabīsayn	الْكَبِيسَيْن al-kabīsayn	كَبِيسَتَيْن kabīsatayn	الْكَبِيسَتَيْن al-kabīsatayn
Nominative	كَبِيسَانِ kabīsāni	الْكَبِيسَانِ al-kabīsāni	كَبِيسَتَانِ kabīsatāni	الْكَبِيسَتَانِ al-kabīsatāni
Accusative	كَبِيسَيْنِ kabīsayni	الْكَبِيسَيْنِ al-kabīsayni	كَبِيسَتَيْنِ kabīsatayni	الْكَبِيسَتَيْنِ al-kabīsatayni
Genitive	كَبِيسَيْنِ kabīsayni	الْكَبِيسَيْنِ al-kabīsayni	كَبِيسَتَيْنِ kabīsatayni	الْكَبِيسَتَيْنِ al-kabīsatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	—		—
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	—	—	—	—
Nominative	—	—	—	—
Accusative	—	—	—	—
Genitive	—	—	—	—

Noun

كَبِيس • (kabīs) m

(collective) pickles
Synonyms: طُرْشِيّ (ṭuršiyy), مُخَلَّل (muḵallal), (Kuwaiti) أَچَار (ʔačār)

Hyponym: (Iraqi) عَمْبَة (ʕamba)

Descendants

Declension of noun كَبِيس (kabīs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَبِيس kabīs	الْكَبِيس al-kabīs	كَبِيس kabīs
Nominative	كَبِيسٌ kabīsun	الْكَبِيسُ al-kabīsu	كَبِيسُ kabīsu
Accusative	كَبِيسًا kabīsan	الْكَبِيسَ al-kabīsa	كَبِيسَ kabīsa
Genitive	كَبِيسٍ kabīsin	الْكَبِيسِ al-kabīsi	كَبِيسِ kabīsi

References

Schwally, Friedrich (1898) “Lexikalische Studien”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 52, page 135

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