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قيس

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to measuring, estimating, and comparing things. It also extensively covers tribal names and the act of affiliating oneself with them.

Derived headwords

قاسَverb
  1. 1.
    meaning hardboth

    meaning hard

قِياسnoun
  1. 1.
    measurementboth

    The act or result of measuring; an estimation of size or quantity.

  2. 2.
    comparisonboth

    The act of comparing one thing with another.

قَيْسname
  1. 1.
    Qays (name)both

    A proper name, often referring to a progenitor of a tribe, such as Qays 'Aylan.

قَيْس عَيْلانname
  1. 1.
    Qays 'Aylanboth

    The name of a prominent tribal ancestor from the Mudar branch of Arabs.

تَقَيَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    to affiliate oneselfclassical

    To associate oneself with a group or tribe, often by claiming kinship, alliance, or patronage.

  2. 2.
    to imitateclassical

    To resemble or take after someone, particularly in the context of tribal affiliation.

تَعَبْقَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to affiliate withclassical

    To associate oneself with the tribe of Bahter, similar to the verb 'taqayyas'.

عَبْقَسِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    of the Bahter tribeclassical

    An adjective denoting affiliation with the Bahter tribe, a branch of Tayy.

عَبْدِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    of the Bahter tribeclassical

    An alternative adjective denoting affiliation with the Bahter tribe.

Parallel reading

قست الشئ بالشئ: قدرته على مثاله.
Qasa the thing by the thing: he estimated it against its like.
ويقال بينهما قيس رمح وقاس رمح، أي قدر رمح.
And it is said between them is a qays of a spear and they measured a spear, meaning the measure of a spear.
وقيس: أبو قبيلة من مضر، وهو قيس عيلان، واسمه الناس (1) بن مضر بن نزار.
And Qays: the father of a tribe from Mudar, and he is Qays 'Aylan, and his name is Al-Nās son of Mudar son of Nizār.
وقيس لقبه.
And Qays was his epithet.
يقال: تقيس فلان، إذا تشبه بهم أو تمسك منهم بسبب، إما بحلف أو جوار أو ولاء.
It is said: So-and-so taqayyas, if he resembled them or held onto a cause from them, either by alliance, protection, or patronage.
وقيس عيلان ومن تقيسا
And Qays 'Aylan and those who affiliated themselves.
والقيسان من طيئ، قيس بن عناب ابن أبى حارثة بن جدى بن تدول بن بحتر، وقيس بن هذمة بن جديلة ابن أسد بن ربيعة.
And the two Qays from Tayy, Qays son of 'Unāb son of Abī Ḥārithah son of Judayy son of Tadūl son of Baḥtar, and Qays son of Hudhamah son of Jadīlah son of Asad son of Rabī'ah.
والنسبة إليهم عبقسى، وإن شئت عبدى.
And the attribution to them is 'Abqasī, and if you wish 'Abdī.
وقد تعبقس الرجل، كما يقال: تعبشم، وتقيس.
And a man might ta'abqas, as it is said: ta'absham, and taqayyas.