كبيس

Meaning

Adj

1. preserved
2. preserved
3. preserved

Noun

pickles

Concepts

intercalated

interpolated

pickled

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ka.biːs/

Etymology

From the root ك ب س (k b s), but the “intercalary” meaning is a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܟܒܝܫ (kabbīš), the passive participle of ܟܒܰܫ (kḇaš, “to tread down”), the Syriac verb corresponding to Arabic كَبَسَ (kabasa, “to press down”).