# قص
## Arabic

* Root
* ق ص ص (q ṣ ṣ)
* 9 terms

### Etymology

Compare Hebrew קָצַץ (katsáts), from the root ק־צ־ץ.

### Verb

قَصَّ • (qaṣṣa) I (non-past يَقُصُّ (yaquṣṣu), verbal noun قَصّ (qaṣṣ))
* to cut
* (computing) to cut (“to remove and place in memory in order to paste at a later time”)
* to clip off, to shear, to cut off
* to be near death, to impend
* to bring near to death

#### Descendants

* Gulf Arabic: قص (gaṣ)

#### References

* Lane, Edward William (1863) “قص”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate

### Verb

قَصَّ • (qaṣṣa) I (non-past يَقُصُّ (yaquṣṣu), verbal noun قَصّ (qaṣṣ))
* to narrate, to relate, recount, to tell, to impart, to communicate (news, a story, etc.)
* to make a speech, to lecture, to recite
* to follow one's tracks

#### References

* Lane, Edward William (1863) “قص”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قص”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Noun

قَصّ • (qaṣṣ) m (plural قِصَاص (qiṣāṣ))
* verbal noun of قَصَّ (qaṣṣa, “to clip, narrate, etc.”) (form I)
* clipping, shearing, cutting off
* top or middle of the chest
* gypsum

#### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قص”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

## Gulf Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قَصَّ (qaṣṣa).

### Pronunciation

* (Kuwait) IPA: /ɡəsˤ/

### Verb

قَص • (gaṣṣ) I (non-past يقِص (ygiṣṣ))
* to cut
* to cut class, to skip class
* to trick, to deceive someone [with على]

## Hijazi Arabic

* Root
* ق ص ص
* 3 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic قَصَّ (qaṣṣa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡasˤsˤ/

### Verb

قَصّ • (gaṣṣ) I (non-past يِقُصّ (yiguṣṣ))
* to cut

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of قص (gaṣṣ) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | قصّيت (gaṣṣēt) | قصّيت (gaṣṣēt) | قصّ (gaṣṣ) | قصّينا (gaṣṣēna) | قصّيتوا (gaṣṣētu) | قصّوا (gaṣṣu) |
| past | f | قصّيت (gaṣṣēt) | قصّيتي (gaṣṣēti) | قصّت (gaṣṣat) | قصّينا (gaṣṣēna) | قصّيتوا (gaṣṣētu) | قصّوا (gaṣṣu) |
| non-past | m | أقصّ (ʔaguṣṣ) | تقصّ (tiguṣṣ) | يقصّ (yiguṣṣ) | نقصّ (niguṣṣ) | تقصّوا (tiguṣṣu) | يقصّوا (yiguṣṣu) |
| non-past | f | أقصّ (ʔaguṣṣ) | تقصّي (tiguṣṣi) | تقصّ (tiguṣṣ) | نقصّ (niguṣṣ) | تقصّوا (tiguṣṣu) | يقصّوا (yiguṣṣu) |
| imperative | m | | قصّ (guṣṣ) | | | قصّوا (guṣṣu) | |
| imperative | f | | قصّي (guṣṣi) | | | قصّوا (guṣṣu) | |

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* ق ص ص
* 2 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic قَصَّ (qaṣṣa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /ʔasˤ/, [ʔʌsˤ]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /ɡasˤ/, [ɡʌsˤ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

قصّ • (ʔaṣṣ) I (present بقصّ (biʔoṣṣ))
* to cut

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of قصّ (ʔaṣṣ) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | قصّيت (ʔaṣṣēt) | قصّيت (ʔaṣṣēt) | قصّ (ʔaṣṣ) | قصّينا (ʔaṣṣēna) | قصّيتو (ʔaṣṣētu) | قصّو (ʔaṣṣu) |
| past | f | قصّيت (ʔaṣṣēt) | قصّيتي (ʔaṣṣēti) | قصّت (ʔaṣṣat) | قصّينا (ʔaṣṣēna) | قصّيتو (ʔaṣṣētu) | قصّو (ʔaṣṣu) |
| present | m | بقصّ (baʔoṣṣ) | بتقصّ (bitʔoṣṣ) | بقصّ (biʔoṣṣ) | منقصّ (minʔoṣṣ) | بتقصّو (bitʔoṣṣu) | بقصّو (biʔoṣṣu) |
| present | f | بقصّ (baʔoṣṣ) | بتقصّي (bitʔoṣṣi) | بتقصّ (bitʔoṣṣ) | منقصّ (minʔoṣṣ) | بتقصّو (bitʔoṣṣu) | بقصّو (biʔoṣṣu) |
| subjunctive | m | اقصّ (aʔoṣṣ) | تقصّ (tʔoṣṣ) | يقصّ (yʔoṣṣ) | نقصّ (nʔoṣṣ) | تقصّو (tʔoṣṣu) | يقصّو (yʔoṣṣu) |
| subjunctive | f | اقصّ (aʔoṣṣ) | تقصّي (tʔoṣṣi) | تقصّ (tʔoṣṣ) | نقصّ (nʔoṣṣ) | تقصّو (tʔoṣṣu) | يقصّو (yʔoṣṣu) |
| imperative | m | | قصّ (ʔoṣṣ) | | | قصّو (ʔoṣṣu) | |
| imperative | f | | قصّي (ʔoṣṣi) | | | قصّو (ʔoṣṣu) | |