← Back to Lane's Lexicon

قيس

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَقِيسٌ ذ pass. part. n. of 1. You say, هُوَ مَقِيسٌ عَلَيْهِ [and بِهِ, meaning, He, or it, is a person, or thing, whereby others are measured; to which others are compared; an object of imitation; a model, an exemplar, or a standard ]. (A, TA.) ― -b2- See also قِيَاسِىٌّ.

Derived headwords

مَقِيسٌ
  1. 1.
هُوَ مَقِيسٌ