فقوس

Arabic

فَقُّوس

Etymology 1

• From Aramaic פִיקֵּס (pīqqēs, “to remove the coils of blossoms on gourds”), from Ancient Greek ποκίζω (pokízō, “to shear, crop, prune”), from Ancient Greek πέκω (pékō, “to shear wool”).
• Related to Aramaic פַּקּוּעָא (paqqūʿā, “a type of gourd”), from Akkadian 𒉿𒅅𒄣𒋾 (peqqūtu, “colocynth, cucumber, gourd; vine-plant that spreads across the ground”).

Alternative forms

• فَقُّوص (faqqūṣ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faq.quːs/

Noun

فَقُّوس • (faqqūs) m (collective, singulative فَقُّوسَة f (faqqūsa))

1. Armenian cucumber

   Synonyms: قِثَّاء (qiṯṯāʔ), قُثَّاء (quṯṯāʔ)

Declension

Declension of noun فَقُّوس (faqqūs)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَقُّوس faqqūs	الْفَقُّوس al-faqqūs	فَقُّوس faqqūs
Nominative	فَقُّوسٌ faqqūsun	الْفَقُّوسُ al-faqqūsu	فَقُّوسُ faqqūsu
Accusative	فَقُّوسًا faqqūsan	الْفَقُّوسَ al-faqqūsa	فَقُّوسَ faqqūsa
Genitive	فَقُّوسٍ faqqūsin	الْفَقُّوسِ al-faqqūsi	فَقُّوسِ faqqūsi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَقُّوسَة faqqūsa	الْفَقُّوسَة al-faqqūsa	فَقُّوسَة faqqūsat
Nominative	فَقُّوسَةٌ faqqūsatun	الْفَقُّوسَةُ al-faqqūsatu	فَقُّوسَةُ faqqūsatu
Accusative	فَقُّوسَةً faqqūsatan	الْفَقُّوسَةَ al-faqqūsata	فَقُّوسَةَ faqqūsata
Genitive	فَقُّوسَةٍ faqqūsatin	الْفَقُّوسَةِ al-faqqūsati	فَقُّوسَةِ faqqūsati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَقُّوسَتَيْن faqqūsatayn	الْفَقُّوسَتَيْن al-faqqūsatayn	فَقُّوسَتَيْ faqqūsatay
Nominative	فَقُّوسَتَانِ faqqūsatāni	الْفَقُّوسَتَانِ al-faqqūsatāni	فَقُّوسَتَا faqqūsatā
Accusative	فَقُّوسَتَيْنِ faqqūsatayni	الْفَقُّوسَتَيْنِ al-faqqūsatayni	فَقُّوسَتَيْ faqqūsatay
Genitive	فَقُّوسَتَيْنِ faqqūsatayni	الْفَقُّوسَتَيْنِ al-faqqūsatayni	فَقُّوسَتَيْ faqqūsatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَقُّوسَات faqqūsāt	الْفَقُّوسَات al-faqqūsāt	فَقُّوسَات faqqūsāt
Nominative	فَقُّوسَاتٌ faqqūsātun	الْفَقُّوسَاتُ al-faqqūsātu	فَقُّوسَاتُ faqqūsātu
Accusative	فَقُّوسَاتٍ faqqūsātin	الْفَقُّوسَاتِ al-faqqūsāti	فَقُّوسَاتِ faqqūsāti
Genitive	فَقُّوسَاتٍ faqqūsātin	الْفَقُّوسَاتِ al-faqqūsāti	فَقُّوسَاتِ faqqūsāti

Descendants

• → Catalan: alficòs
  • → Spanish: alficós
• → Spanish: alficoz

Etymology 2

Noun

فُقُوس • (fuqūs) m

1. verbal noun of فَقَسَ (faqasa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun فُقُوس (fuqūs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُقُوس fuqūs	الْفُقُوس al-fuqūs	فُقُوس fuqūs
Nominative	فُقُوسٌ fuqūsun	الْفُقُوسُ al-fuqūsu	فُقُوسُ fuqūsu
Accusative	فُقُوسًا fuqūsan	الْفُقُوسَ al-fuqūsa	فُقُوسَ fuqūsa
Genitive	فُقُوسٍ fuqūsin	الْفُقُوسِ al-fuqūsi	فُقُوسِ fuqūsi

References

• “pqwˁ²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “pqs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “alficoz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “فقوس” in Almaany
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فقوس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2427
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 530–540, specifically 532
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فقوس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 975