بيسوس

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian پیه سوز (pîh sôz), پی سوز (pi sôz, “a kind of lamp”, literally “fat burner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baj.suːs/

Noun

بَيْسُوس • (baysūs) m (plural بَيَاسِيس (bayāsīs))

1. (obsolete) a kind of lamp

   Hypernym: مَنَارَة (manāra)

   • 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri]‎^[1], volume II, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1854, page 263, line 3 a fine:
   • 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri]‎^[2], volume II, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1854, page 294, line 4:

Declension

Declension of noun بَيْسُوس (baysūs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَيْسُوس baysūs	الْبَيْسُوس al-baysūs	بَيْسُوس baysūs
Nominative	بَيْسُوسٌ baysūsun	الْبَيْسُوسُ al-baysūsu	بَيْسُوسُ baysūsu
Accusative	بَيْسُوسًا baysūsan	الْبَيْسُوسَ al-baysūsa	بَيْسُوسَ baysūsa
Genitive	بَيْسُوسٍ baysūsin	الْبَيْسُوسِ al-baysūsi	بَيْسُوسِ baysūsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَيْسُوسَيْن baysūsayn	الْبَيْسُوسَيْن al-baysūsayn	بَيْسُوسَيْ baysūsay
Nominative	بَيْسُوسَانِ baysūsāni	الْبَيْسُوسَانِ al-baysūsāni	بَيْسُوسَا baysūsā
Accusative	بَيْسُوسَيْنِ baysūsayni	الْبَيْسُوسَيْنِ al-baysūsayni	بَيْسُوسَيْ baysūsay
Genitive	بَيْسُوسَيْنِ baysūsayni	الْبَيْسُوسَيْنِ al-baysūsayni	بَيْسُوسَيْ baysūsay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَيَاسِيس bayāsīs	الْبَيَاسِيس al-bayāsīs	بَيَاسِيس bayāsīs
Nominative	بَيَاسِيسُ bayāsīsu	الْبَيَاسِيسُ al-bayāsīsu	بَيَاسِيسُ bayāsīsu
Accusative	بَيَاسِيسَ bayāsīsa	الْبَيَاسِيسَ al-bayāsīsa	بَيَاسِيسَ bayāsīsa
Genitive	بَيَاسِيسَ bayāsīsa	الْبَيَاسِيسِ al-bayāsīsi	بَيَاسِيسِ bayāsīsi

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بيسوس”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[3] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 133b
• Eilers, Wilhelm (1962) “Iranisches Lehngut im arabischen Lexikon”, in Indo-Iranian Journal (in German), volume 5, number 3, page 208 footnote 10
• Frank, Carl (1921) “Noch ein paar persische Fremdwörter im Arabischen”, in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung (in German), volume 24, number 12, columns 289–290