قلقاس

Arabic

قُلْقَاس‏‎

Etymology

From Hebrew קולקס‎, from Ancient Greek κολοκασία (kolokasía), from Egyptian [Term?].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qul.qaːs/

Noun

قُلْقَاس‏‎ • (qulqās) m (collective, singulative قُلْقَاس‏َة‎‎ (qulqāsa))

Colocasia; taro

Declension

Declension of noun قُلْقَاس‏‎‎ (qulqās)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُلْقَاس‏‎‎ qulqās	الْقُلْقَاس‏‎‎ al-qulqās	قُلْقَاس‏‎‎ qulqās
Nominative	قُلْقَاس‏‎ٌ‎ qulqāsun	الْقُلْقَاس‏‎ُ‎ al-qulqāsu	قُلْقَاس‏‎ُ‎ qulqāsu
Accusative	قُلْقَاس‏‎ًا‎ qulqāsan	الْقُلْقَاس‏‎َ‎ al-qulqāsa	قُلْقَاس‏‎َ‎ qulqāsa
Genitive	قُلْقَاس‏‎ٍ‎ qulqāsin	الْقُلْقَاس‏‎ِ‎ al-qulqāsi	قُلْقَاس‏‎ِ‎ qulqāsi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُلْقَاس‏َة‎ qulqāsa	الْقُلْقَاس‏َة‎ al-qulqāsa	قُلْقَاس‏َة‎ qulqāsat
Nominative	قُلْقَاس‏َةٌ‎ qulqāsatun	الْقُلْقَاس‏َةُ‎ al-qulqāsatu	قُلْقَاس‏َةُ‎ qulqāsatu
Accusative	قُلْقَاس‏َةً‎ qulqāsatan	الْقُلْقَاس‏َةَ‎ al-qulqāsata	قُلْقَاس‏َةَ‎ qulqāsata
Genitive	قُلْقَاس‏َةٍ‎ qulqāsatin	الْقُلْقَاس‏َةِ‎ al-qulqāsati	قُلْقَاس‏َةِ‎ qulqāsati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُلْقَاس‏َتَيْن‎ qulqāsatayn	الْقُلْقَاس‏َتَيْن‎ al-qulqāsatayn	قُلْقَاس‏َتَيْ‎ qulqāsatay
Nominative	قُلْقَاس‏َتَانِ‎ qulqāsatāni	الْقُلْقَاس‏َتَانِ‎ al-qulqāsatāni	قُلْقَاس‏َتَا‎ qulqāsatā
Accusative	قُلْقَاس‏َتَيْنِ‎ qulqāsatayni	الْقُلْقَاس‏َتَيْنِ‎ al-qulqāsatayni	قُلْقَاس‏َتَيْ‎ qulqāsatay
Genitive	قُلْقَاس‏َتَيْنِ‎ qulqāsatayni	الْقُلْقَاس‏َتَيْنِ‎ al-qulqāsatayni	قُلْقَاس‏َتَيْ‎ qulqāsatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُلْقَاس‏َات‎ qulqāsāt	الْقُلْقَاس‏َات‎ al-qulqāsāt	قُلْقَاس‏َات‎ qulqāsāt
Nominative	قُلْقَاس‏َاتٌ‎ qulqāsātun	الْقُلْقَاس‏َاتُ‎ al-qulqāsātu	قُلْقَاس‏َاتُ‎ qulqāsātu
Accusative	قُلْقَاس‏َاتٍ‎ qulqāsātin	الْقُلْقَاس‏َاتِ‎ al-qulqāsāti	قُلْقَاس‏َاتِ‎ qulqāsāti
Genitive	قُلْقَاس‏َاتٍ‎ qulqāsātin	الْقُلْقَاس‏َاتِ‎ al-qulqāsāti	قُلْقَاس‏َاتِ‎ qulqāsāti

Descendants

→ French: koulkas
→ German: Kulkas, Culcas f (rare)
→ Latin: culcas, colcas
→ Spanish: alcolcaz

References

Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 218
Vollers, Karl (1897), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 51, page 302

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