قيس
Root entry · 1 derived lemma3 قايسهُ بِهِ ذ , and اـلَيْهِ: see 1. You say, قَبَحَ ا@للّٰهُ قَوْمًا يُسَوِّدُونَكَ وَيُقَايِسُونَ بِرَأْيِكَ [ May God remove far from prosperity a people who make thee lord, or chief, and who measure things by thy judgment, or by thine opinion ]. (A, TA.) ― -b2- قَايَسْتُ بَيْنَ الأَمْرَيْنِ, (S, K,) or الشَّيْئَيْنِ, (A,) inf. n. مُقَايَسَةٌ and قِيَاسٌ, (S,) I measured, or compared, the two things, or cases, together; syn. قَدَّرْتُ, (K,) or قَادَرْتُ بِيْنَهُمَا. (L.) ― -b3- قَايَسْتُهُ, (K,) i. e., قَايَسْتُ فُلَانًا, (S,) i. q. جَارَيْتُهُ فِى القِيَاسِ [ I vied, or contended, with him, namely, such a one, in measuring, or comparing; app. meaning, in measuring, or comparing, myself, or my abilities, with him, or his: see قَادَرْتُهُ]. ― -b4- [This verb is mentioned in the S in art. قوس.]
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