طقس

See also: طفش

Arabic

FWOTD – 25 September 2017

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܛܟܣܐ (ṭekkəsā), from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaqs/

• Audio:

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  • (Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tˤaʔs/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /tˤaqs/
  • (North Levantine) IPA^(key): /tˤaʔs/

Noun

طَقْس • (ṭaqs) m (plural طُقُوس (ṭuqūs))

1. weather (usually used for short period meteorological changes)

   أُحِبُّ الطَّقْسَ اللَّطِيفِ وَالْمَشْمِسِ فِي فَصْلِ الرَّبِيعِ.

   ʔuḥibbu ṭ-ṭaqsa l-laṭīfi wālmašmisi fī faṣli r-rabīʕi.

   I love the nice and sunny weather in the spring season.

   • 2003, Muhammed Ibn al-Hassan al-Hajwi, الرحلة الأوروبية 1919‎^[1]:

     وَكُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ مَرْسُومٌ بِيَدِ رَسَّامٍ إِسْبَنْيُولِيٍّ كَانَ حَاضِرًا مَعَنَا يُرِينَا ذَٰلِكَ، وَٱلْمَقْصُودُ تَمْثِيلُ ٱلذَّوْقِ ٱلْإِسْبَنْيُولِيِّ فِي ٱلتَّصْوِيرِ ٱلْمُلَوَّنِ ٱلَّذِي يُطَابِقُ طَقْسَ أَرْضِهِمُ ٱلصَّافِيَةِ

     wakullu ḏālika marsūmun biyadi rassāmin ʔisbanyūliyyin kāna ḥāḍiran maʕanā yurīnā ḏālika, wal-maqṣūdu tamṯīlu ḏ-ḏawqi l-ʔisbanyūliyyi fī t-taṣwīri l-mulawwani llaḏī yuṭābiqu ṭaqsa ʔarḍihimu ṣ-ṣāfiyati

     All this was painted by a Spanish painter who was present with us to show us that. The aim was to illustrate the Spanish taste in painting in colour, which matches the climate of their serene land

2. (usually in the plural) ritual, rite, religious practice
   • 1913, Priest Ishaq Armala, سياحة في طور عبدين‎^[2]:

     وَعِنْدَمَا يُولَدُ ٱلْوَلَدُ يُعَمِّدُونَهُ بَعْدَ ثَمَانِيَةِ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ أَقَلَّ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ يُخَالِفُونَ طَقْسَ أَجْدَادِهِمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَضَوْا بِٱلْعِمَادِ فِي عِيدِ ٱلدَّنْحِ وَسَبْتِ ٱلنُّورِ فَقَطْ.

     waʕindamā yūladu l-waladu yuʕammidūnahu baʕda ṯamāniyati ʔayyāmin ʔaw ʔaqalla wafī ḏālika yuḵālifūna ṭaqsa ʔajdādihimi llaḏīna kānū qaḍaw bi-l-ʕimādi fī ʕīdi d-danḥi wasabti n-nūri faqaṭ.

     When a child is born they baptise it after eight days or less and in doing so they violate the practice of their ancestors, who used to only baptise on the Epiphany or on Easter Saturday.

3. (usually in the plural) ritual, rite, any ceremonized practice
   • 2000, ar:فاضل العزاوي, القلعة الخامسة, Cologne: منشورات الجمل, pages 136–137:

     لَمْ تَسْنَحْ لِي ٱلْفُرْصَةُ مِنْ قَبْلُ لِأَرَى رَجُلًا يُشْنَقُ وَسَطَ طُقُوسٍ خَاصَّةٍ كَمَا يَفْعَلُونَ ٱلْآنَ، لَٰكِنَّنِي إِذْ كُنْتُ طِفْلًا شَاهَدْتُ مَا يُشْبِهُ ٱلشَّنْقَ.

     lam tasnaḥ lī l-furṣatu min qablu liʔarā rajulan yušnaqu wasaṭa ṭuqūsin ḵāṣṣatin kamā yafʕalūna l-ʔāna, lākinnanī ʔiḏ kuntu ṭiflan šāhadtu mā yušbihu š-šanqa.

     I haven’t had the opportunity before to see a man being hanged according to the particular rites they do it now, but when I was a little boy I witnessed what hanging looks like.

4. liturgy, church constitution
5. order of the ministry, clerical rank (Christianity)
6. (obsolete) order, organization

Declension

Declension of noun طَقْس (ṭaqs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَقْس ṭaqs	الطَّقْس aṭ-ṭaqs	طَقْس ṭaqs
Nominative	طَقْسٌ ṭaqsun	الطَّقْسُ aṭ-ṭaqsu	طَقْسُ ṭaqsu
Accusative	طَقْسًا ṭaqsan	الطَّقْسَ aṭ-ṭaqsa	طَقْسَ ṭaqsa
Genitive	طَقْسٍ ṭaqsin	الطَّقْسِ aṭ-ṭaqsi	طَقْسِ ṭaqsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَقْسَيْن ṭaqsayn	الطَّقْسَيْن aṭ-ṭaqsayn	طَقْسَيْ ṭaqsay
Nominative	طَقْسَانِ ṭaqsāni	الطَّقْسَانِ aṭ-ṭaqsāni	طَقْسَا ṭaqsā
Accusative	طَقْسَيْنِ ṭaqsayni	الطَّقْسَيْنِ aṭ-ṭaqsayni	طَقْسَيْ ṭaqsay
Genitive	طَقْسَيْنِ ṭaqsayni	الطَّقْسَيْنِ aṭ-ṭaqsayni	طَقْسَيْ ṭaqsay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُقُوس ṭuqūs	الطُّقُوس aṭ-ṭuqūs	طُقُوس ṭuqūs
Nominative	طُقُوسٌ ṭuqūsun	الطُّقُوسُ aṭ-ṭuqūsu	طُقُوسُ ṭuqūsu
Accusative	طُقُوسًا ṭuqūsan	الطُّقُوسَ aṭ-ṭuqūsa	طُقُوسَ ṭuqūsa
Genitive	طُقُوسٍ ṭuqūsin	الطُّقُوسِ aṭ-ṭuqūsi	طُقُوسِ ṭuqūsi

Derived terms

• طَقْسِيّ (ṭaqsiyy, “liturgical, liturgist”)
• الطَّقْسِيَات (aṭ-ṭaqsiyāt, “Christian liturgical literature”)
• طَقَّسَ (ṭaqqasa, “to ordain into the ministry according to ritual”)
• تَطَقَّسَ (taṭaqqasa, “to perform a ritual”)

Descendants

• → Central Atlas Tamazight: ṭṭaqs (“weather forecast”)

See also

• جَوّ (jaww)
• مُنَاخ (munāḵ)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “طقس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Anagrams

• قِسْط (qisṭ)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic طَقْس (ṭaqs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaɡs/

Noun

طقس • (ṭags) m

1. weather

   Synonym: جَوّ (jaww)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic طَقْس (ṭaqs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaʔs/, [tˤɑʔs]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

طقس • (ṭaʔs) m

1. weather

   Synonym: جو (jaww)