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)

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

Declension

References

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