كنس

كَنِيسَةٌ ذ A place of worship (K) of the Christians; [ a Christian church: ] (S, A, K:) or of the Jews; (Sgh, K;) i. e., of the Jews only: [ a Jewish synagogue; ] that of Christians being called بِيعَةٌ: (Sgh:) [Chald כְנישָׁה : (Golius:)] or both; (Mgh, Msb;) being sometimes applied to the former [in classical times, as it is in the present day, as well as to the latter]: (Msb:) or of unbelievers, (K,) absolutely: (TA:) an arabicized word, [from the Chaldee mentioned above, or] from [the Persian word] كُنِسْتْ (Az, Mgh) or كَنَسْتْ (TA) [signifying “ a firetemple ”]: pl. كَنَائِسُ. (A, Msb.) -A2- A thing resembling [ the kind of camel-litter called ] a هَوْدَج, composed of twigs, or branches, stuck in a مَحْمِل or a رَحْل, with a cloth thrown over them, in which the rider sits in the shade and conceals himself: (Mgh, Msb:) of the measure فَعِيلَةٌ from كُنُوسٌ [an inf. n. of كَنَسَ]: (Mgh:) pl. as above. (Msb.)