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كبيس

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Arabic

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Etymology

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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

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Adjective

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كَبِيس (kabīs)

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

Declension

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Noun

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كَبِيس (kabīsm

  1. (collective) pickles
    Synonyms: طُرْشِيّ (ṭuršiyy), مُخَلَّل (muḵallal), (Kuwaiti) أَچَار (ʔačār)
    Hyponym: (Iraqi) عَمْبَة (ʕamba)

Descendants

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References

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  • Schwally, Friedrich (1898) “Lexikalische Studien”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 52, page 135