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قَسّ
priest /ˈqasː/
nounB1#2383 most common
Also: clergyman, bishop, pastor
Example sentences
هُوَ قَسّ.
He is a priest.
ذَهَبَ القَسّ إِلَى الكَنِيسَةِ.
The priest went to the church.
تَحَدَّثَ القَسّ مَعَ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ.
The priest spoke with the people after the prayer.
كَانَ قَسُّ القَرْيَةِ مَعْرُوفًا بِحِكْمَتِهِ.
The village priest was known for his wisdom.
اِسْتَمَعَ المُصَلُّونَ إِلَى عِظَةِ القَسِّ بِخُشُوعٍ.
The worshippers listened to the priest's sermon with reverence.
عُرِفَ قَسُّ بْنُ سَاعِدَةَ فِي الجَاهِلِيَّةِ بِفَصَاحَتِهِ وَحِكْمَتِهِ قَبْلَ ظُهُورِ الإِسْلَامِ.
Quss ibn Sa'ida was known in the pre-Islamic era for his eloquence and wisdom before the rise of Islam.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قَسٌّ | قُسُوسٌ |
| Genitive | قَسٍّ | قُسُوسٍ |
| Accusative | قَسًّا | قُسُوسًا |
| Vocative | يَا قَسُّ | يَا قُسُوسُ |
Word family
قسيس (qissīs)priest, pastor (the everyday modern term)
قساوسة (qasāwisa)priests (common plural, used with qissees)
قسوسة (qusūsa)priesthood, clerical office
تقسيس (taqsīs)ordination as a priest
Etymology
Qass is a Semitic word, not an Indo-European one, so it has no PIE root. Most scholars trace it to Syriac qashishā, meaning elder or priest, a term that entered Arabic through early Christian communities in Arabia and the Fertile Crescent. From this borrowing Arabic also built the fuller synonym qissees, which is now the more common word for a Christian clergyman.
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