مقص

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ق ص ص (q-ṣ-ṣ)

Tool noun from the verb قَصَّ (qaṣṣa, “to cut”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /mi.qasˤsˤ/

Noun

مِقَصّ • (miqaṣṣ) m (plural مِقَصَّات (miqaṣṣāt) or مَقَاصّ (maqāṣṣ))

1. scissors
2. a clipping tool

   nail clipper/clippers

   مِقَصُّ أَظَافِرَ

   miqaṣṣu ʔaẓāfira

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of noun مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِقَصّ miqaṣṣ	الْمِقَصّ al-miqaṣṣ	مِقَصّ miqaṣṣ
Nominative	مِقَصٌّ miqaṣṣun	الْمِقَصُّ al-miqaṣṣu	مِقَصُّ miqaṣṣu
Accusative	مِقَصًّا miqaṣṣan	الْمِقَصَّ al-miqaṣṣa	مِقَصَّ miqaṣṣa
Genitive	مِقَصٍّ miqaṣṣin	الْمِقَصِّ al-miqaṣṣi	مِقَصِّ miqaṣṣi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِقَصَّيْن miqaṣṣayn	الْمِقَصَّيْن al-miqaṣṣayn	مِقَصَّيْ miqaṣṣay
Nominative	مِقَصَّانِ miqaṣṣāni	الْمِقَصَّانِ al-miqaṣṣāni	مِقَصَّا miqaṣṣā
Accusative	مِقَصَّيْنِ miqaṣṣayni	الْمِقَصَّيْنِ al-miqaṣṣayni	مِقَصَّيْ miqaṣṣay
Genitive	مِقَصَّيْنِ miqaṣṣayni	الْمِقَصَّيْنِ al-miqaṣṣayni	مِقَصَّيْ miqaṣṣay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِقَصَّات‎; مَقَاصّ miqaṣṣāt‎; maqāṣṣ	الْمِقَصَّات‎; الْمَقَاصّ al-miqaṣṣāt‎; al-maqāṣṣ	مِقَصَّات‎; مَقَاصّ miqaṣṣāt‎; maqāṣṣ
Nominative	مِقَصَّاتٌ‎; مَقَاصُّ miqaṣṣātun‎; maqāṣṣu	الْمِقَصَّاتُ‎; الْمَقَاصُّ al-miqaṣṣātu‎; al-maqāṣṣu	مِقَصَّاتُ‎; مَقَاصُّ miqaṣṣātu‎; maqāṣṣu
Accusative	مِقَصَّاتٍ‎; مَقَاصَّ miqaṣṣātin‎; maqāṣṣa	الْمِقَصَّاتِ‎; الْمَقَاصَّ al-miqaṣṣāti‎; al-maqāṣṣa	مِقَصَّاتِ‎; مَقَاصَّ miqaṣṣāti‎; maqāṣṣa
Genitive	مِقَصَّاتٍ‎; مَقَاصَّ miqaṣṣātin‎; maqāṣṣa	الْمِقَصَّاتِ‎; الْمَقَاصِّ al-miqaṣṣāti‎; al-maqāṣṣi	مِقَصَّاتِ‎; مَقَاصِّ miqaṣṣāti‎; maqāṣṣi

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: مقص (maʔáṣṣ)
• Hijazi Arabic: مقص (magaṣṣ)
• Maltese: mqass
• Moroccan Arabic: مقص (mqaṣṣ)
• → Hausa: àlmakàshī
  • → Yoruba: àlùmọ́gàjí
• → Northern Kurdish: meqes
• → Ottoman Turkish: مقص (makas), مقاص (makas)
  • Turkish: makas
  • → Armenian: մախաս (maxas), մախկազ (maxkaz)
  • → Romanian: macaz
• → Swahili: mkasi

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ).

Noun

مقص • (maʾáṣṣ) m

1. scissors

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ص ص
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡasˤsˤ/

Noun

مقص • (magaṣṣ) m (plural مقصات (magaṣṣāt))

1. scissors

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mqasˤː/

Noun

مقص • (mqaṣṣ) m (plural مقاص (mqāṣṣ))

1. scissors

Derived terms

• مقص الضفار (mqaṣṣ eḍ-ḍfār, “nail clipper”)

Ottoman Turkish

مقص

Alternative forms

• مقاص (makas)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ, “scissors”).

Proper noun

مقص • (makas)

1. scissors, a tool used for cutting consisting of two crossing blades
2. any combination of metal or timber somewhat resembling a pair of scissors
3. shears, an apparatus used for raising heavy weights
4. (architecture) truss, a triangular structure made of beams and used to support a roof

   Synonym: چاتی (çatı)

Derived terms

• دمیر یول مقصی (demir yol makası, “railway switch”)
• عربه مقصی (ʿaraba makası, “carriage spring”)
• مقص بندی (makas bendi, “cross-leg throw in wrestling”)
• مقصجی (makascı, “maker or seller of scissors”)
• موم مقصی (mum makası, “candle snuffer”)
• یارم مقص (yarım makas, “two half shots linked together”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: makas
• → Armenian: մախաս (maxas), մախկազ (maxkaz)
• → Romanian: macaz

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “makas”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3026
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مقص”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1209
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Forfex”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 601
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مقص”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 4841
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “makas”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مقص”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1944