الكيس

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intelligence, cleverness, and shrewdness, often contrasted with foolishness. It extends to encompass social grace, wit, and the ability to outmaneuver others through cunning. Secondary meanings include sexual intercourse and the pouch or bag for holding money.

Derived headwords

الكيسnoun

1.
Intelligenceboth
The opposite of foolishness; possessing sound judgment and mental acuity.
2.
Sexual intercourseclassical
The act of sexual union.
3.
Medicineclassical
The practice or knowledge of medicine.
4.
Generosityclassical
The quality of being generous or liberal.
5.
Witboth
Cleverness and quickness of mind, often expressed humorously.
6.
Bagboth
A pouch or sack, especially one used for holding money.
7.
Placentaclassical
The organ that connects the developing fetus to the uterine wall.

كاسهverb

1.
To outwitclassical
To overcome someone through cleverness or shrewdness.

كاسه يكيسه — He outwitted him.

الكياسةnoun

1.
Clevernessboth
The quality of being clever, intelligent, and shrewd.
2.
Witboth
Mental sharpness and quickness, often with a humorous or insightful edge.

الكيسadjective

1.
Wittyboth
Possessing or characterized by wit; amusing and intelligent.

الكيس: الظريف — The witty: the charming/pleasant.

كيسىnoun

1.
Witty peopleclassical
Plural of 'al-kīs' (witty person), referring to intelligent and charming individuals.

الكيسةname

1.
Name of womenclassical
A feminine given name, also used as a patronymic or part of a lineage.

أبو كيسةname

1.
Name of individualsclassical
A kunya (patronymic) used for several historical figures.

علي بن كيسةname

1.
Name of individualsclassical
A name referring to specific scholars and reciters of the Quran.

الكيسىnoun

1.
Feminine pluralclassical
The feminine plural form of 'al-akwas', referring to something that is curved or bent.

الكوسىnoun

1.
Feminine pluralclassical
An alternative feminine plural form of 'al-akwas', similar in meaning to 'al-kisa'.

كيسانname

1.
Name of places/peopleclassical
A name associated with a place of betrayal, and also the name of a father of a renowned scholar and a nickname for a historical figure.

أم كيسانname

1.
Nickname for body partsclassical
A nickname referring to the knee or the act of striking someone's rear with the sole of the foot.

أكياسnoun

1.
Bagsboth
Plural of 'kīs', referring to pouches or sacks.

كيسةnoun

1.
Bagboth
A singular form of 'kīs', referring to a pouch or sack.

أكيسverb

1.
To have intelligent offspringclassical
To give birth to children who are intelligent or clever.

أكيس وأكاس: ولدت له أولاد كيسى — Akays and Akās: she bore him intelligent children.

كيسهverb

1.
To make into a bagclassical
To fashion something into a pouch or sack.

كيسه: جعله كيسا — He made it into a bag: he fashioned it into a pouch.

تكيسverb

1.
To act cleverlyboth
To behave in a witty, intelligent, or shrewd manner.

تكيس: تظرف — He acted cleverly: he behaved with wit.

كايسهverb

1.
To compete in clevernessclassical
To contend with someone in wit or shrewdness.

كايسه: غالبه في الكيس — He competed with him in cleverness: he vied with him in wit.

Parallel reading

الكيس: خلاف الحمق، والجماع، والطب، والجود، والعقل، والغلبة بالكياسة

Al-kīs: the opposite of foolishness, sexual intercourse, medicine, generosity, intelligence, and overcoming by cleverness.

وقد كاسه يكيسه

And he outwitted him, he outwits him.

إنما كستك لآخذ جملك

I only outwitted you to take your camel.

أي: غلبتك بالكياسة

Meaning: I overcame you by cleverness.

فإذا قدمت، فالكيس الكيس

And when you arrive, be intelligent, be intelligent.

أمر بالجماع، أو نهي عن المبادرة إليه باستعمال العقل في استبرائها، لئلا يحمله الشبق على غشيانها حائضا

It is an order for sexual intercourse, or a prohibition against rushing into it by using reason in her waiting period, so that lust does not drive him to approach her while she is menstruating.

والكيس، كجيد: الظريف ج: كيسى

And al-kīs, like jayyid: the witty/charming, plural: kisā.

وزيد بن الكيس النمري: نسابة

And Zayd ibn al-Kīs al-Nimrī: a genealogist.

والكيس بن أبي الكيس: محدث

And al-Kīs ibn Abī al-Kīs: a traditionist.

والمصدر: الكياسة والكيس

And the مصدر (verbal noun): al-kiyāsah and al-kīs.

والكيسى، بالكسر، والكوسى: تأنيثا الأكوس

And al-kisā, with kasr, and al-kūsā: feminine plural of al-akwas.

وعلي بن كيسة، بالكسر: من القراء

And Abī Kīsah, with kasr: from the Quran reciters.

وكيسان: اسم للغدر، ووالد أيوب السخنياني، ولقب المختار بن أبي عبيد المنسوب إليه الكيسانية من الرافضة

And Kaysān: a name for betrayal, and the father of Ayyūb al-Sikhtiyānī, and the nickname of al-Mukhtār ibn Abī Ubayd, to whom the Kaysāniyyah of the Rāfiḍah are attributed.

وأم كيسان: لقب للركبة، وللضرب على مؤخر الإنسان بظهر القدم

And Umm Kaysān: a nickname for the knee, and for striking a person's rear with the sole of the foot.

والكيس، بالكسر: للدراهم، لأنه يجمعها ج: أكياس وكيسة، والمشيمة

And al-kīs, with kasr: for dirhams, because it collects them, plural: akyās and kīsah, and the placenta.

وأكيس وأكاس: ولدت له أولاد كيسى

Akays and Akās: she bore him intelligent children.

وكيسه: جعله كيسا

And he made it into a bag: he fashioned it into a pouch.

وتكيس: تظرف

And he acted cleverly: he behaved with wit.

وكايسه: غالبه في الكيس

And he competed with him in cleverness: he vied with him in wit.