كبس

See also: كبش

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ك ب س (k-b-s). The “intercalation” meaning is a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܟܒܰܫ (kḇaš) – the etymologically corresponding verb in Syriac – and its derivatives.

Noun

كَبْس (kabs) m

  1. verbal noun of كَبَسَ (kabasa) (form I)
  2. pressure, squeeze, pressing
  3. raid, attack
  4. pickling, preservation (in vinegar, etc.)
  5. intercalation

Declension

Verb

كَبَسَ (kabasa) I, non-past يَكْبِسُ‎ (yakbisu)

  1. to press, to exert pressure, to squeeze
  2. to attack, to raid
  3. to intercalate
  4. to pickle, to preserve (in vinegar, etc.)
  5. to marinate
  6. to conserve

Conjugation

Verb

كَبَّسَ (kabbasa) II, non-past يُكَبِّسُ‎ (yukabbisu)

  1. to press hard, to squeeze hard
  2. to massage

Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837), كبس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 4–5
  • Schwally, Friedrich (1898), “Lexikalische Studien”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 52, page 135
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), كبس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 949
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