قياس

Arabic

Root
ق ي س (q-y-s)

Etymology

Verbal noun of قَاسَ (qāsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qi.jaːs/

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Noun

قِيَاس • (qiyās) m (dual قِيَاسَانِ (qiyāsāni), plural أَقْيِسَة (ʔaqyisa))

1. verbal noun of قَاسَ (qāsa) (form I)
2. size, dimension, measurement
3. measure, measuring, comparison
4. rule, analogy, paradigm, example

   قِيَاساً عَلَى ذَلِك ― qiyāsan ʕalā ḏalik ― by analogy

5. logical conclusion, syllogism
6. (linguistics) analogy

   Antonym: سَمَاع (samāʕ)

7. (Islam) qiyas (islamic ruling derived by analogy)

Declension

Declension of noun قِيَاس (qiyās)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِيَاس qiyās	الْقِيَاس al-qiyās	قِيَاس qiyās
Nominative	قِيَاسٌ qiyāsun	الْقِيَاسُ al-qiyāsu	قِيَاسُ qiyāsu
Accusative	قِيَاسًا qiyāsan	الْقِيَاسَ al-qiyāsa	قِيَاسَ qiyāsa
Genitive	قِيَاسٍ qiyāsin	الْقِيَاسِ al-qiyāsi	قِيَاسِ qiyāsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِيَاسَيْن qiyāsayn	الْقِيَاسَيْن al-qiyāsayn	قِيَاسَيْ qiyāsay
Nominative	قِيَاسَانِ qiyāsāni	الْقِيَاسَانِ al-qiyāsāni	قِيَاسَا qiyāsā
Accusative	قِيَاسَيْنِ qiyāsayni	الْقِيَاسَيْنِ al-qiyāsayni	قِيَاسَيْ qiyāsay
Genitive	قِيَاسَيْنِ qiyāsayni	الْقِيَاسَيْنِ al-qiyāsayni	قِيَاسَيْ qiyāsay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَقْيِسَة ʔaqyisa	الْأَقْيِسَة al-ʔaqyisa	أَقْيِسَة ʔaqyisat
Nominative	أَقْيِسَةٌ ʔaqyisatun	الْأَقْيِسَةُ al-ʔaqyisatu	أَقْيِسَةُ ʔaqyisatu
Accusative	أَقْيِسَةً ʔaqyisatan	الْأَقْيِسَةَ al-ʔaqyisata	أَقْيِسَةَ ʔaqyisata
Genitive	أَقْيِسَةٍ ʔaqyisatin	الْأَقْيِسَةِ al-ʔaqyisati	أَقْيِسَةِ ʔaqyisati

Derived terms

• قِيَاسِيّ (qiyāsiyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qiyas
• → Persian: قیاس (qiyâs)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قیاس (kıyâs)
  • → Turkish: kıyas
• → Uyghur: قىياس (qiyas)
• → Uzbek: qiyos

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قياس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قاس (قيس)”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ي س
3 terms

Etymology

Arabic قِيَاس (qiyās).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.jaːs/, [ɡɪ.jaːs]

Noun

قياس • (giyās) m (plural قِيَاسات (giyāsāt))

1. size, dimension, measurement