قلس
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قلس¹
Where it comes from
Denominal verb from قَلَنْسُوَة (qalansuwa).
verb قَلَّسَ · qallasa · يُقَلِّسُ · تَقْلِيس · مُقَلِّس
- to put the قَلَنْسُوَة (qalansuwa) on
قلس²
Where it comes from
Apparently a twentieth-century borrowing (?) from Hebrew קִלֵּס (qilles, “to mock”) = Ugaritic 𐎖𐎍𐎕 (qlṣ, “to scorn”). Semantical doublet of سَلَقَ (salaqa) in the meaning which got borrowed from Ge'ez ተሳለቀ (täsaläḳä, “to scoff at”) (the Ethiopic cognate to the Northwest Semitic by metathesis).
verb قَلَّسَ · qallasa · يُقَلِّسُ · تَقْلِيس · مُقَلِّس
- to mock, to deride
قلس³
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܩܰܠܶܣ (qalles, “to praise”), in Jewish Aramaic קַלֵּס, according to Rabin ultimately a bifurcated cultic word that is reflected in the opposite sense as Ugaritic 𐎖𐎍𐎕 (qlṣ, “to scorn”), Hebrew קִלֵּס (qilles, “to mock”) and Ge'ez ተሳለቀ (täsaläḳä, “to scoff at”) and is from Hittite [Term?] (/kalleš-/, “to call, to invite”) from cultic contexts.
verb قَلَّسَ · qallasa · يُقَلِّسُ · تَقْلِيس · مُقَلِّس
- to receive with songs or dance performances
قلس⁴
verb قَلَّسَ · qallasa · يُقَلِّسُ · تَقْلِيس · مُقَلِّس
- to bow before
قلس⁵
Where it comes from
Apparently onomatopoeic.
verb قَلَسَ · qalasa · يَقْلِسُ · قَلْس · قَلَس
- to belch, to regurgitate, to vomit مَنْ أَصَابَهُ قَيْءٌ أَوْ رُعَافٌ, أَوْ قَلَسٌ, أَوْ مَذْيٌ فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ, ثُمَّ لِيَبْنِ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ, وَهُوَ فِي ذَلِكَ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ
noun قَلْس · قَلَس · qals · qalas
- verbal noun of قَلَسَ (qalasa) (form I)
قلس⁶
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek κάλως (kálōs, “rope, cable”). Aramaic but found as Classical Syriac ܩܠܣܐ at Bar Bahlul.
noun قَلْس · qals · قُلُوس · الْقَلْس
- rope, cable
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title = {قلس},
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