qasam

Maltese

Root
q-s-m
4 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔa.sam/

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَسَمَ (qasama).

Verb

qasam (imperfect jaqsam, past participle maqsum, verbal noun qsim)

  1. to divide, split (make into parts)
  2. to distribute, apportion (allot parts of)
  3. to cross, to go across
  4. to matter, to be relevant
  5. to be heartbroken [+qalb]
    Ommi qasmet qalbha.My mother was heartbroken.
Conjugation
    Conjugation of qasam
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m qsamt qsamt qasam qsamna qsamtu qasmu
f qasmet
imperfect m naqsam taqsam jaqsam naqsmu taqsmu jaqsmu
f taqsam
imperative aqsam aqsmu

Etymology 2

From Arabic قِسْم (qism).

Noun

qasam m (plural oqsma or qsam or qsum, diminutive qsajjam or qsajjem)

  1. portion, section, branch, area
  2. (especially) a section of land, a plot, estate

Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai قسم, from Arabic قَسَم (qasam).

Noun

Other scripts
Cyrillic қасам (qasam)
Latin
Perso-Arabic

qasam (plural qasamlar)

  1. oath
    Synonym: ont
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