قصة

See also: قصه, قصہ, and فضة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ص ص (q-ṣ-ṣ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qisˤ.sˤa/

Noun

قِصَّة • (qiṣṣa) f (plural قِصَص (qiṣaṣ))

1. story, tale, relation
2. petition
3. plot
4. synopsis
5. pudendum

Declension

Declension of noun قِصَّة (qiṣṣa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِصَّة qiṣṣa	الْقِصَّة al-qiṣṣa	قِصَّة qiṣṣat
Nominative	قِصَّةٌ qiṣṣatun	الْقِصَّةُ al-qiṣṣatu	قِصَّةُ qiṣṣatu
Accusative	قِصَّةً qiṣṣatan	الْقِصَّةَ al-qiṣṣata	قِصَّةَ qiṣṣata
Genitive	قِصَّةٍ qiṣṣatin	الْقِصَّةِ al-qiṣṣati	قِصَّةِ qiṣṣati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِصَّتَيْن qiṣṣatayn	الْقِصَّتَيْن al-qiṣṣatayn	قِصَّتَيْ qiṣṣatay
Nominative	قِصَّتَانِ qiṣṣatāni	الْقِصَّتَانِ al-qiṣṣatāni	قِصَّتَا qiṣṣatā
Accusative	قِصَّتَيْنِ qiṣṣatayni	الْقِصَّتَيْنِ al-qiṣṣatayni	قِصَّتَيْ qiṣṣatay
Genitive	قِصَّتَيْنِ qiṣṣatayni	الْقِصَّتَيْنِ al-qiṣṣatayni	قِصَّتَيْ qiṣṣatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِصَص qiṣaṣ	الْقِصَص al-qiṣaṣ	قِصَص qiṣaṣ
Nominative	قِصَصٌ qiṣaṣun	الْقِصَصُ al-qiṣaṣu	قِصَصُ qiṣaṣu
Accusative	قِصَصًا qiṣaṣan	الْقِصَصَ al-qiṣaṣa	قِصَصَ qiṣaṣa
Genitive	قِصَصٍ qiṣaṣin	الْقِصَصِ al-qiṣaṣi	قِصَصِ qiṣaṣi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qissə
• → Classical Persian: قِصَّه (qissa), قِصَّة (qissa)
  • Dari: قِصَّه (qissa)
  • Iranian Persian: قِصِّه (ğesse)
  • Tajik: қисса (qissa)
  • → Bengali: কিচ্ছা (kiccha)
  • → Gujarati: કિસ્સો (kisso)
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: क़िस्सा (qissā)
    • Urdu: قِصَّہ (qissa)
  • → Pashto: قصه
  • → Punjabi:
    • Shahmukhi script: قِصَّہ (qiṣṣah)
    • Gurmukhi script: ਕਿੱਸਾ (kissā)
  • → Sindhi: قصو
• → Hausa: ƙissa
• → Indonesian: kisah
• → Kazakh: қисса (qissa)
• → Kyrgyz: кысса (kıssa)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قصه (kıssa)
  • Turkish: kıssa
• → Swahili: kisa
• → Tatar: кыйсса (qıyssa)
• → Turkmen: kyssa
• → Uzbek: qissa
• → Maltese: qassas

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “قصة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قصة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

Noun

قِصَّة • (qiṣṣa) f (plural قِصَص (qiṣaṣ))

1. event
2. affair
3. (law) case

Declension

Declension of noun قِصَّة (qiṣṣa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِصَّة qiṣṣa	الْقِصَّة al-qiṣṣa	قِصَّة qiṣṣat
Nominative	قِصَّةٌ qiṣṣatun	الْقِصَّةُ al-qiṣṣatu	قِصَّةُ qiṣṣatu
Accusative	قِصَّةً qiṣṣatan	الْقِصَّةَ al-qiṣṣata	قِصَّةَ qiṣṣata
Genitive	قِصَّةٍ qiṣṣatin	الْقِصَّةِ al-qiṣṣati	قِصَّةِ qiṣṣati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِصَّتَيْن qiṣṣatayn	الْقِصَّتَيْن al-qiṣṣatayn	قِصَّتَيْ qiṣṣatay
Nominative	قِصَّتَانِ qiṣṣatāni	الْقِصَّتَانِ al-qiṣṣatāni	قِصَّتَا qiṣṣatā
Accusative	قِصَّتَيْنِ qiṣṣatayni	الْقِصَّتَيْنِ al-qiṣṣatayni	قِصَّتَيْ qiṣṣatay
Genitive	قِصَّتَيْنِ qiṣṣatayni	الْقِصَّتَيْنِ al-qiṣṣatayni	قِصَّتَيْ qiṣṣatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِصَص qiṣaṣ	الْقِصَص al-qiṣaṣ	قِصَص qiṣaṣ
Nominative	قِصَصٌ qiṣaṣun	الْقِصَصُ al-qiṣaṣu	قِصَصُ qiṣaṣu
Accusative	قِصَصًا qiṣaṣan	الْقِصَصَ al-qiṣaṣa	قِصَصَ qiṣaṣa
Genitive	قِصَصٍ qiṣaṣin	الْقِصَصِ al-qiṣaṣi	قِصَصِ qiṣaṣi

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قصة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Root
ق ص ص (q-ṣ-ṣ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qasˤ.sˤa/, /qisˤ.sˤa/

Noun

قَصَّة or قِصَّة • (qaṣṣa or qiṣṣa) f (plural قِصَاص (qiṣāṣ))

1. gypsum

Declension

Declension of noun قَصَّة (qaṣṣa)‎; قِصَّة (qiṣṣa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَّة‎; قِصَّة qaṣṣa‎; qiṣṣa	الْقَصَّة‎; الْقِصَّة al-qaṣṣa‎; al-qiṣṣa	قَصَّة‎; قِصَّة qaṣṣat‎; qiṣṣat
Nominative	قَصَّةٌ‎; قِصَّةٌ qaṣṣatun‎; qiṣṣatun	الْقَصَّةُ‎; الْقِصَّةُ al-qaṣṣatu‎; al-qiṣṣatu	قَصَّةُ‎; قِصَّةُ qaṣṣatu‎; qiṣṣatu
Accusative	قَصَّةً‎; قِصَّةً qaṣṣatan‎; qiṣṣatan	الْقَصَّةَ‎; الْقِصَّةَ al-qaṣṣata‎; al-qiṣṣata	قَصَّةَ‎; قِصَّةَ qaṣṣata‎; qiṣṣata
Genitive	قَصَّةٍ‎; قِصَّةٍ qaṣṣatin‎; qiṣṣatin	الْقَصَّةِ‎; الْقِصَّةِ al-qaṣṣati‎; al-qiṣṣati	قَصَّةِ‎; قِصَّةِ qaṣṣati‎; qiṣṣati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَّتَيْن‎; قِصَّتَيْن qaṣṣatayn‎; qiṣṣatayn	الْقَصَّتَيْن‎; الْقِصَّتَيْن al-qaṣṣatayn‎; al-qiṣṣatayn	قَصَّتَيْ‎; قِصَّتَيْ qaṣṣatay‎; qiṣṣatay
Nominative	قَصَّتَانِ‎; قِصَّتَانِ qaṣṣatāni‎; qiṣṣatāni	الْقَصَّتَانِ‎; الْقِصَّتَانِ al-qaṣṣatāni‎; al-qiṣṣatāni	قَصَّتَا‎; قِصَّتَا qaṣṣatā‎; qiṣṣatā
Accusative	قَصَّتَيْنِ‎; قِصَّتَيْنِ qaṣṣatayni‎; qiṣṣatayni	الْقَصَّتَيْنِ‎; الْقِصَّتَيْنِ al-qaṣṣatayni‎; al-qiṣṣatayni	قَصَّتَيْ‎; قِصَّتَيْ qaṣṣatay‎; qiṣṣatay
Genitive	قَصَّتَيْنِ‎; قِصَّتَيْنِ qaṣṣatayni‎; qiṣṣatayni	الْقَصَّتَيْنِ‎; الْقِصَّتَيْنِ al-qaṣṣatayni‎; al-qiṣṣatayni	قَصَّتَيْ‎; قِصَّتَيْ qaṣṣatay‎; qiṣṣatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِصَاص qiṣāṣ	الْقِصَاص al-qiṣāṣ	قِصَاص qiṣāṣ
Nominative	قِصَاصٌ qiṣāṣun	الْقِصَاصُ al-qiṣāṣu	قِصَاصُ qiṣāṣu
Accusative	قِصَاصًا qiṣāṣan	الْقِصَاصَ al-qiṣāṣa	قِصَاصَ qiṣāṣa
Genitive	قِصَاصٍ qiṣāṣin	الْقِصَاصِ al-qiṣāṣi	قِصَاصِ qiṣāṣi

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قصة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[4], London: W.H. Allen

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ص ص
3 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡisˤ.sˤa/, [ɡɪsˤ.sˤa]

Noun

قِصَّة • (giṣṣa) f (plural قِصَص (giṣaṣ))

1. story, tale
2. plot

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَصَّة (qaṣṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡasˤ.sˤa/

Noun

قَصَّة • (gaṣṣa) f (plural قَصَّات (gaṣṣāt))

1. haircut
2. hairstyle
3. cut

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa).

Noun

قصة • (ʔuṣṣa, ʔiṣṣa) f (plural قصص (ʔuṣaṣ, ʔiṣaṣ))

1. story

   هالقصة ما سمعتا ولا مرة بحياتي

   Ha-l-ʔuṣṣa ma smiʕta wala marra b-ḥayēti.

   I’ve never heard this story in all my life.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ص ص
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔusˤ.sˤa/, [ˈʔʊsˤ.sˤɑ]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡusˤ.sˤa/, [ˈɡʊsˤ.sˤɑ]

• Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

Noun

قصّة • (ʔuṣṣa) f (plural قصص (ʔuṣaṣ))

1. story, tale

   Synonyms: سيرة (sīre), حكاية (ḥikāye)