# ܩܦܣܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* ܩ ܦ ܣ (q p s)
* 5 terms
Neologism, a partial phono-semantic matching of Arabic قَابِس from the verb ܩܵܦܹܣ (qāpēs, “to contract together; to contain, store”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [qɪp.sɑː]

#### Noun

ܩܸܦܣܵܐ • (qipsā) m sg (plural ܩܸܦܣܹ̈ܐ (qipsē))
* (electricity) plug, connector

##### Derived terms

* ܡܲܩܦܣܵܢܵܐ (maqpsānā)

### Etymology 2

Verbal noun of ܩܵܦܹܣ (qāpēs, “to contract”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [qəpɑːsɑː]

#### Noun

ܩܦܵܣܵܐ • (qpāsā) m sg (plural ܩܦܵܣܹ̈ܐ (qpāsē))
* (medicine) contraction, convulsion, spasm
* store, storehouse, granary

##### Derived terms

* ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܩܦܵܣܵܐ (bēṯ qpāsā)

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κάψος (kápsos) or Latin capsus.

#### Alternative forms

* ܩܦܨܐ (qap̄ṣɑ)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [qafsɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [qafse] (plural)

#### Noun

ܩܦܣܐ • (qap̄sā) m (plural ܩܦܣܐ (qap̄sē))
* basket
* cage, birdcage
* enclosure, pen

##### Descendants

* → Arabic: قفص (qafaṣ, qufṣ)
** Gulf Arabic: قفص (gʊfəṣ)
** Maltese: qafas
** → Kazakh: қапас (qapas)
** → Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: قەفەس (qefes), قەفەز (qefez)
    Northern Kurdish: qefes
    Southern Kurdish: قەفەس (qefes), قەفەز (qefez)
** → Persian: قفس (qafas)
*** → Azerbaijani: qəfəs
*** → Gujarati: કફસ (kaphas)
*** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: क़फ़स (qafas)
    Urdu: قَفَس (qafas)
*** → Uyghur: قەپەز (qepez)
*** → Ottoman Turkish: قفس (kafes)
**** Turkish: kafes
**** → Albanian: kafaz
**** → Armenian: խաֆես (xafes), կաֆաս (kafas)
**** → Bulgarian: кафе́з (kaféz)
**** → Crimean Tatar: qafes
**** → Greek: καφάσι (kafási), καφασωτός (kafasotós)
**** → Macedonian: кафез (kafez)
**** → Romanian: cafas
**** → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ка̀вез
    Latin script: kàvez

### Etymology 2

From the root ܩ ܦ ܣ related to contracting.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [q(ə)fɑsɑ], [qɛfsɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [q(ə)fɑse], [qɛfse] (plural)

#### Noun

ܩܦܣܐ • (qp̄āsā) m (plural ܩܦܣܐ (qp̄āsē))
* (medicine) contraction, convulsion, spasm
* store, storehouse, granary

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

From the root ܩ ܦ ܣ related to contracting.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [qufsɑ], [qɑfsɑ], [qɛfsɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [qufse], [qɑfse], [qɛfse] (plural)
* Homophone: ܩܘܦܣܐ

#### Noun

ܩܦܣܐ • (qup̄sā) m (plural ܩܦܣܐ (qup̄sē))
* (anatomy) ham, hock; haunch

##### Inflection
### References

* “qps$^2$”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* “qpṣ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* “qps”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* “qwpsˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 326b
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 514b
* Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1395a