كبست

See also: گپ شپ and کبست

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Persian کبست (kabast, “colocynth”). For meaning the colocynth’s pulp, apparently influenced by the Arabic root ك ب س (k-b-s) related to pressing, squeezing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.bast/

Noun

كَبَسْت • (kabast) m (obsolete, rare)

1. pulp of the colocynth

   Holonyms: حَنْظَل (ḥanẓal), حَدَج (ḥadaj), عَلْقَم (ʕalqam)

   • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 654 (fol. 43v,16–17), page 938:

     كبست هو الحنظل، وإذا قيل شحم الكبست فإنّما يراد شحم الحنظل.

     kabast is the colocynth, and if someone in a recipe demands kabast grease he wants colocynth pulp.

   • 1179, أبو الخير الإشبيلي [Abū al-Ḵayr al-ʾIšbīliyy], edited by Joaquín Bustamante, Federico Corriente y Mohand Tilmatine, كتاب عمدة الطبيب في معرفة النبات لكل لبيب [Libro base del médico para el conocimiento de la botánica por todo experto] (Fuentes Arábico-Hispanas), volume I, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, published 2004, page 256 Nr. 2399:

     كبَسْت: هو شحم الحنظل.

     kabast is the pulp of the colocynth.

Declension

Declension of noun كَبَسْت (kabast)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَبَسْت kabast	الْكَبَسْت al-kabast	كَبَسْت kabast
Nominative	كَبَسْتٌ kabastun	الْكَبَسْتُ al-kabastu	كَبَسْتُ kabastu
Accusative	كَبَسْتًا kabastan	الْكَبَسْتَ al-kabasta	كَبَسْتَ kabasta
Genitive	كَبَسْتٍ kabastin	الْكَبَسْتِ al-kabasti	كَبَسْتِ kabasti

Etymology 2

Verb

كبست (form I)

1. كَبَسْتُ (kabastu) /ka.bas.tu/: first-person singular past active of كَبَسَ (kabasa)
2. كَبَسْتَ (kabasta) /ka.bas.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of كَبَسَ (kabasa)
3. كَبَسْتِ (kabasti) /ka.bas.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of كَبَسَ (kabasa)
4. كَبَسَتْ (kabasat) /ka.ba.sat/: third-person feminine singular past active of كَبَسَ (kabasa)
5. كُبِسْتُ (kubistu) /ku.bis.tu/: first-person singular past passive of كَبَسَ (kabasa)
6. كُبِسْتَ (kubista) /ku.bis.ta/: second-person masculine singular past passive of كَبَسَ (kabasa)
7. كُبِسْتِ (kubisti) /ku.bis.ti/: second-person feminine singular past passive of كَبَسَ (kabasa)
8. كُبِسَتْ (kubisat) /ku.bi.sat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of كَبَسَ (kabasa)

Etymology 3

Verb

كبست (form II)

1. كَبَّسْتُ (kabbastu) /kab.bas.tu/: first-person singular past active of كَبَّسَ (kabbasa)
2. كَبَّسْتَ (kabbasta) /kab.bas.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of كَبَّسَ (kabbasa)
3. كَبَّسْتِ (kabbasti) /kab.bas.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of كَبَّسَ (kabbasa)
4. كَبَّسَتْ (kabbasat) /kab.ba.sat/: third-person feminine singular past active of كَبَّسَ (kabbasa)
5. كُبِّسْتُ (kubbistu) /kub.bis.tu/: first-person singular past passive of كَبَّسَ (kabbasa)
6. كُبِّسْتَ (kubbista) /kub.bis.ta/: second-person masculine singular past passive of كَبَّسَ (kabbasa)
7. كُبِّسْتِ (kubbisti) /kub.bis.ti/: second-person feminine singular past passive of كَبَّسَ (kabbasa)
8. كُبِّسَتْ (kubbisat) /kub.bi.sat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of كَبَّسَ (kabbasa)