قصعة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ص ع (q-ṣ-ʕ) originally denoting "a furrow, a hollow, or divot that collects water", hence "a trough or basin", "a large serving dish"; related natively to ق ص ص (q-ṣ-ṣ) meaning "tracks", "indents in ground", and ق ص ي (q-ṣ-y) meaning "to gulp down", "to drink down all of a containers contents". Alternatively, the furrow sense perhaps derives from Middle Persian kš (kiš, “a line, groove”); seemingly developed separately from *kaʔs- (“cup, bowl, container”) and a false cognate to Persian کاسه and its suspected Indo-European relations.

Noun

قَصْعَة • (qaṣʕa) f (plural قَصَعَات (qaṣaʕāt) or قِصَاع (qiṣāʕ) or قِصَاع (qiṣāʕ))

1. furrow, burrow, hollow, divot
2. trough or basin
3. large serving dish, especially one feeding ten men
4. bowl
   • 7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, 25:18:

     دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا نُبَيْشَةُ الْخَيْرِ وَنَحْنُ نَأْكُلُ فِي قَصْعَةٍ فَحَدَّثَنَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ ”مَنْ أَكَلَ فِي قَصْعَةٍ ثُمَّ لَحِسَهَا ٱسْتَغْفَرَتْ لَهُ الْقَصْعَةُ“.

     daḵala ʕalaynā nubayšatu l-ḵayri wanaḥnu naʔkulu fī qaṣʕatin faḥaddaṯanā ʔanna rasūla l-lahi ṣallā llāh ʕalayhi wasallama qāla ”man ʔakala fī qaṣʕatin ṯumma laḥisahā staḡfarat lahu l-qaṣʕatu“.

     Nubayša Al-Ḵayr entered upon us while we were eating from a bowl. He narrated to us that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever eats from a bowl, then licks it, the bowl will seek forgiveness for him.”

5. hollow body of an instrument, belly of an Oud

Declension

Declension of noun قَصْعَة (qaṣʕa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصْعَة qaṣʕa	الْقَصْعَة al-qaṣʕa	قَصْعَة qaṣʕat
Nominative	قَصْعَةٌ qaṣʕatun	الْقَصْعَةُ al-qaṣʕatu	قَصْعَةُ qaṣʕatu
Accusative	قَصْعَةً qaṣʕatan	الْقَصْعَةَ al-qaṣʕata	قَصْعَةَ qaṣʕata
Genitive	قَصْعَةٍ qaṣʕatin	الْقَصْعَةِ al-qaṣʕati	قَصْعَةِ qaṣʕati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصْعَتَيْن qaṣʕatayn	الْقَصْعَتَيْن al-qaṣʕatayn	قَصْعَتَيْ qaṣʕatay
Nominative	قَصْعَتَانِ qaṣʕatāni	الْقَصْعَتَانِ al-qaṣʕatāni	قَصْعَتَا qaṣʕatā
Accusative	قَصْعَتَيْنِ qaṣʕatayni	الْقَصْعَتَيْنِ al-qaṣʕatayni	قَصْعَتَيْ qaṣʕatay
Genitive	قَصْعَتَيْنِ qaṣʕatayni	الْقَصْعَتَيْنِ al-qaṣʕatayni	قَصْعَتَيْ qaṣʕatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَعَات‎; قِصَاع qaṣaʕāt‎; qiṣāʕ	الْقَصَعَات‎; الْقِصَاع al-qaṣaʕāt‎; al-qiṣāʕ	قَصَعَات‎; قِصَاع qaṣaʕāt‎; qiṣāʕ
Nominative	قَصَعَاتٌ‎; قِصَاعٌ qaṣaʕātun‎; qiṣāʕun	الْقَصَعَاتُ‎; الْقِصَاعُ al-qaṣaʕātu‎; al-qiṣāʕu	قَصَعَاتُ‎; قِصَاعُ qaṣaʕātu‎; qiṣāʕu
Accusative	قَصَعَاتٍ‎; قِصَاعًا qaṣaʕātin‎; qiṣāʕan	الْقَصَعَاتِ‎; الْقِصَاعَ al-qaṣaʕāti‎; al-qiṣāʕa	قَصَعَاتِ‎; قِصَاعَ qaṣaʕāti‎; qiṣāʕa
Genitive	قَصَعَاتٍ‎; قِصَاعٍ qaṣaʕātin‎; qiṣāʕin	الْقَصَعَاتِ‎; الْقِصَاعِ al-qaṣaʕāti‎; al-qiṣāʕi	قَصَعَاتِ‎; قِصَاعِ qaṣaʕāti‎; qiṣāʕi

References

• “qṣˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 83
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قصعة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 455
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قصعة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 900
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قصعة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1032