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كاص

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of withholding, eating alone, and being stingy or narrow-minded. It also extends to meanings of physical constriction, slowness, and a specific type of gait.

Derived headwords

كَاصَverb
  1. 1.
    to hold backboth

    To refrain from or hold back from something.

  2. 2.
    to eat aloneclassical

    To eat food by oneself, without sharing.

يَكِيصُverb
  1. 1.
    holds backboth

    Present tense of holding back from something.

  2. 2.
    eats aloneclassical

    Present tense of eating food by oneself.

كَيْصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    holding backboth

    The act of refraining from or holding back from something.

  2. 2.
    eating aloneclassical

    The act of eating food by oneself.

وِكَيصَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    holding backclassical

    The act of refraining from or holding back from something.

وُكُيُوصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    holding backclassical

    The act of refraining from or holding back from something.

أَكَلَverb
  1. 1.
    ateboth

    To consume food.

أَكَلَ وَحْدَهُverb
  1. 1.
    ate aloneclassical

    To consume food by oneself, without sharing.

أَكَلْنَا عِنْدَهُ مَا شِئْنَاverb
  1. 1.
    we ate as much as we wantedclassical

    We ate freely and to our fill at his place.

الكَيْصnoun
  1. 1.
    narrow-mindednessclassical

    A disposition characterized by being narrow-minded or ill-tempered.

  2. 2.
    extreme stinginessclassical

    A state of being extremely stingy or miserly.

  3. 3.
    short statureclassical

    A person of short stature.

الكَيْصnoun
  1. 1.
    complete stinginessclassical

    The state of being completely stingy or miserly.

  2. 2.
    fast walkingclassical

    Walking at a rapid pace.

كَالعَيْصُadjective
  1. 1.
    narrow-mindedclassical

    Possessing a narrow or ill-tempered disposition.

  2. 2.
    stingyclassical

    Extremely stingy or miserly.

  3. 3.
    shortclassical

    Of short stature.

كَالعَيْصُadjective
  1. 1.
    stingyclassical

    Completely stingy or miserly.

  2. 2.
    fast-walkingclassical

    Characterized by rapid walking.

كَيصَىadjective
  1. 1.
    self-centeredclassical

    Focused solely on oneself, eating and living alone without concern for others.

كَيصَىadjective
  1. 1.
    self-centeredclassical

    Focused solely on oneself, eating and living alone without concern for others.

كَيَّاصُ المَشْيِnoun
  1. 1.
    slow gaitclassical

    A description of someone's walk as being slow or lacking vigor.

يُكَايِصُهُverb
  1. 1.
    deals with himclassical

    To engage with or handle someone, often implying a process of interaction or practice.

Parallel reading

كَعَ عَن الشَّيءِ
He refrained from the thing.
وَ طَعَامَهُ: أَكَلَهُ وَحْدَهُ
And his food: he ate it alone.
وَ مِنْهُ: أَكْثَرَ
And from it: he ate a lot.
وَكَصْنَا عِنْدَهُ مَا شِئْنَا
We ate at his place as much as we wished.
وَالكَيْصُ، بِالكَسْرِ: الضَّيِّقُ الخُلُقِ، وَالبَخِيلُ جِدًّا، وَالقَصِيرُ التَّارِ
And al-kayṣ, with kasr: the narrow-minded, and the very stingy, and the short one.
كَالكََيْصِ فِيهِمَا
Like al-kayṣ in both (qualities).
وَبِالْفَتْحِ: البُخْلُ التَّامُّ، وَالمَشْيُ السَّرِيعُ
And with fatḥ: complete stinginess, and fast walking.
وَكَالعُنُبِ وَهَجَفَ: الشَّدِيدُ العَضَلِ
And like 'unub and hajaf: the strong-muscled.
وَفُلَانٌ كَيصَى، كَعِيسَى، وَيُنَوَّنُ وَكَسْكَرَى
And so-and-so is kayṣā, like 'īsā, and it can be inflected with tanwin and like 'askara.
يَأْكُلُ وَحْدَهُ، وَيَنْزِلُ وَحْدَهُ، وَلَا يَهُمُّهُ غَيْرُ نَفْسِهِ
He eats alone, and he stays alone, and no one concerns him but himself.
وَإِنَّهُ لَكَيَّاصُ المَشْيِ
And indeed, he has a slow gait.
وَمَرَّ يِكِيصُ
And he passed by walking fast.
يُعَجِّلُ
He hurries.
وَمَا زَالَ يُكَايِصُهُ
And he kept dealing with him.
يُمَارِسُهُ
He practices with him.