قش

Arabic

قَشّ

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic קַשּׁא (qaššā) / ܩܷܫܳܐ (qeššā, “thin straw, stubble, chaff”), from Akkadian 𒄀𒋝 (/⁠kikkišu, kikkisu⁠/, “large amounts of reeds plaited together”).

Noun

قَشّ • (qašš) m (collective, singulative قَشَّة f (qašša))

1. stubble, straw

Declension

Declension of noun قَشّ (qašš)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَشّ qašš	الْقَشّ al-qašš	قَشّ qašš
Nominative	قَشٌّ qaššun	الْقَشُّ al-qaššu	قَشُّ qaššu
Accusative	قَشًّا qaššan	الْقَشَّ al-qašša	قَشَّ qašša
Genitive	قَشٍّ qaššin	الْقَشِّ al-qašši	قَشِّ qašši
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَشَّة qašša	الْقَشَّة al-qašša	قَشَّة qaššat
Nominative	قَشَّةٌ qaššatun	الْقَشَّةُ al-qaššatu	قَشَّةُ qaššatu
Accusative	قَشَّةً qaššatan	الْقَشَّةَ al-qaššata	قَشَّةَ qaššata
Genitive	قَشَّةٍ qaššatin	الْقَشَّةِ al-qaššati	قَشَّةِ qaššati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَشَّتَيْن qaššatayn	الْقَشَّتَيْن al-qaššatayn	قَشَّتَيْ qaššatay
Nominative	قَشَّتَانِ qaššatāni	الْقَشَّتَانِ al-qaššatāni	قَشَّتَا qaššatā
Accusative	قَشَّتَيْنِ qaššatayni	الْقَشَّتَيْنِ al-qaššatayni	قَشَّتَيْ qaššatay
Genitive	قَشَّتَيْنِ qaššatayni	الْقَشَّتَيْنِ al-qaššatayni	قَشَّتَيْ qaššatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَشَّات qaššāt	الْقَشَّات al-qaššāt	قَشَّات qaššāt
Nominative	قَشَّاتٌ qaššātun	الْقَشَّاتُ al-qaššātu	قَشَّاتُ qaššātu
Accusative	قَشَّاتٍ qaššātin	الْقَشَّاتِ al-qaššāti	قَشَّاتِ qaššāti
Genitive	قَشَّاتٍ qaššātin	الْقَشَّاتِ al-qaššāti	قَشَّاتِ qaššāti

Verb

1. to amass, to gather, to pick up, to sweep up

Derived terms

• قُشَاش (qušāš, “sweepings”)
• قَشِيش (qašīš, “sweepings”)
• مِقَشَّة (miqašša, “besom”)

Noun

قَشّ • (qašš) m

1. verbal noun of قَشَّ (qašša) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun قَشّ (qašš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَشّ qašš	الْقَشّ al-qašš	قَشّ qašš
Nominative	قَشٌّ qaššun	الْقَشُّ al-qaššu	قَشُّ qaššu
Accusative	قَشًّا qaššan	الْقَشَّ al-qašša	قَشَّ qašša
Genitive	قَشٍّ qaššin	الْقَشِّ al-qašši	قَشِّ qašši

References

• “qš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “kikkišu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 8, K, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1971, page 352b
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قش”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 347
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 137
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قش”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 445
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قش”, 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 C^ie, page 740
• Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 53
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[5] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 160

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ش ش
3 terms

قَش

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʃʃ/, [ɡaʃ]

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَشّ (qašš).

Noun

قَشّ • (gašš) m (collective, singulative قَشَّة f (gašša))

1. straw
2. hay

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَشَّ (qašša).

Verb

قَشّ • (gašš) I (non-past يِقُشّ (yigušš))

1. (informal) to remove

   Synonyms: بَعَّد (baʕʕad), وَخَّر (waḵḵar)

Conjugation

Conjugation of قش (gašš)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	قشّيت (gaššēt)	قشّيت (gaššēt)	قشّ (gašš)		قشّينا (gaššēna)	قشّيتوا (gaššētu)	قشّوا (gaššu)
	f		قشّيتي (gaššēti)	قشّت (gaššat)
non-past	m	أقشّ (ʔagušš)	تقشّ (tigušš)	يقشّ (yigušš)		نقشّ (nigušš)	تقشّوا (tiguššu)	يقشّوا (yiguššu)
	f		تقشّي (tigušši)	تقشّ (tigušš)
imperative	m		قشّ (gušš)				قشّوا (guššu)
	f		قشّي (gušši)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قَشّ (qašš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔaʃʃ/, [ˈʔaʃ]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡaʃʃ/, [ˈɡaʃ]

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Noun

قشّ • (ʔašš) m (collective, singulative قشّة f (ʔašše))

1. straw (material or uncountable)

   Synonym: تبن (tibn)