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كيس

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَكْيَسٌ ذ [ More, and most, acute or sharp or quick in intellect; more, and most, shrewd, clever, ingenious, skilful, knowing, or intelligent ]: (Lth, ISd, A:) fem. كِيسَى (ISd) and كُوسَى: (Lth, ISd:) [in the CK, and in a MS. copy of the K, and in the text of the K as given in the TA, كِيسَى and كُوسَى, each of which is originally كُيْسَى, are said to be fems. of أَكْوَسُ; but this is evidently a mistake for أَكْيَسُ:] pl. كُوسٌ, [originally كُيْسٌ,] which is applied to women, [as well as men,] and كُوسَيَاتٌ, which is applied to women only. (Lth.) You say, هٰذَا الأَكْيَسُ [ This is the more, or most, acute &c.]. (Lth.) And أَىُّ المُؤْمِنِينَ أَكْيَسُ Which of the believers is the most intelligent? (TA.) And it is said in a proverb, أَكْيَسُ مِنْ قِشَّةٍ (A) [(tropical:) More acute &c. than ] a little female ape or monkey. (TA, art. قش.) And in a trad., أَكْيَسُ الكَيْسِ التُّقَى وَأَحْمَقُ الحُمْقِ الفُجُورُ (tropical:) [ The most acute of acuteness is piety, and the most foolish of foolishness, or the most stupid of stupidness, is vice ]. (A.) ― -b2- See also كَيِّسٌ.

Derived headwords

أَكْيَسٌ
  1. 1.
هٰذَا الأَكْيَسُ
أَىُّ المُؤْمِنِينَ أَكْيَسُ
أَكْيَسُ مِنْ قِشَّةٍ
أَكْيَسُ الكَيْسِ التُّقَى
وَأَحْمَقُ الحُمْقِ الفُجُورُ