كيــس
1 كَاسَ,
aor. ـِ (
S,
Msb,
TA,)
inf. n. كَيْــسٌ (
S,
A,
Mgh,
Msb,
K) and
كِيَــاسَةٌ (
S,
A,
K) and كُوسَى, with و put in the place of ى, [originally
كُيْــسَى,] (
Seer [mentioned by him as
syn. with كَيْــسٌ]) He (a boy,
S [but often said of a man also,]) was, or became, acute, or sharp, or quick, in intellect; shrewd; clever; ingenious; skilful; knowing; intelligent:
كَيْــسٌ being the
contr. of حُمْقٌ; (
S,
A,
K;) and
i. q. ظَرْفٌ, (
Mgh,
Msb,) and خِقَّةٌ, and تَوَقُّدٌ, (
TA,) and فِطْنَةٌ, (
Msb,
TA,) and فِقْهٌ, (
TA,) and عَقْلٌ. (
IAar,
A,
Msb,
K.)
b2: كَاسَ فِى الأَمْرِ,
aor. ـِ (
A,
TA,)
inf. n. كَيْــسٌ; (
Mgh,
TA;) and ↓ تـ
ـكيّــس; and ↓ تكايس; (
A,
TA;) He acted gently, (
TA,) or with good gentleness or moderation or calmness, (
Mgh,) in the affair. (
Mgh,
TA.)
A2: كَاسَهُ,
aor. ـِ (
S, *
K,)
inf. n. كَيْــسٌ, (
A,
TA,) He overcame him, or surpassed him, (
S,
A,
K,) in
كِيَــاسَة (
A,
K) or
كَيْــس (
A,
Nh) [i. e. acuteness or sharpness or quickness of intellect; &c.: see above]. So in the following words of a
trad., (
K,) said by the prophet to
Jábir Ibn-'Abd-Allah El-Ansáree, (
TA,) أَتَرَانِى
إِنَّمَا كِسْتُكَ لِآخُذَ جَمَلَكَ لَكَ الثَّمَنُ وَلَكَ الجَمَلُ [Dost thou think me to have only overcome thee in acuteness or sharpness or quickness of intellect, &c., in order that I might take thy camel? Thine be the price, and thine be the camel]: (
K, *
TA:) or, according to another relation, خُذْ جَمَلَكَ وَمَالَكَ [Take thou thy camel and thy property]: and
accord. to another, إِنَّمَا مَا كَسْتُكَ [that I have only acted in a niggardly manner with thee], from المِكَاسُ. (
TA.)
b2: كَيِــسَ, [
aor. ـْ
inf. n. كَيَــسٌ, is also mentioned by
IKtt as a
dial. form of كَاسَ in the sense of He overcame or surpassed [in acuteness &c.] (
TA.) 2
كيّــسهُ, (
K,)
inf. n. تَـ
ـكْيِــيسٌ, (
TA,) He (God,
TK) made him acute or sharp or quick in intellect; shrewd; clever, ingenious, skilful, knowing, or intelligent; (
K,
TA;) and well educated, or well bred. (
TA.) 3 كايسهُ, (
S,
A,
K,)
inf. n. مُكَايَسَةٌ, (
TA), He vied, or contended, with him in
كَيْــس [i. e. acuteness or sharpness or quickness of intellect; &c.: see 1]. (
K.) You say, كَايَسْتُهُ فَكِسْتُهُ [I vied, or contended, with him in acuteness, &c., and] I overcame, or surpassed, him (
S, A) [therein, i. e.] in
كَيْــس. (
A.) And كَايَسَهُ فِى
البَيْعِ (
S, A) [He vied, or contended, with him in acuteness, &c., in selling; as seems to be indicated in the
S: or] he jested, or joked, with him (لَاغَاهُ) in selling. (
A,
TA.) 4 أَـ
ـكْيَــسَ and أَكَاسَ He (a man,
S) had born to him children acute or sharp or quick in intellect; shrewd; clever, ingenious, skilful, knowing, or intelligent: (
S,
K:) or he begot a child acute &c. (
IKtt.) And أَـ
ـكْيَــسَتْ and أَكَاسَتْ She brought forth children acute &c. (
A.) A poet says, فَلَوْ كُنْتُمْ لِمِـ
ـكْيَــسَةٍ أَكَاسَتْ وَـ
ـكَيْــسُ الأُمِّ يُعْرَفُ فِى البَنِينَا [But if ye belonged to one who most generally brought forth children acute in intellect, she had brought forth such children; for the acuteness of intellect of the mother is known in the sons]. (
S.) 5 تـ
ـكيّــس He affected acuteness or sharpness or quickness of intellect, shrewdness, cleverness, ingeniousness, skilfulness, knowledge, or intelligence: [see تَعَقَّلَ:] or did so, not having it:
syn. تَظَرَّفَ: (
S,
K,
TA:) he feigned, or made a show of,
كَيْــس [i. e. acuteness or sharpness or quickness of intellect; &c.]. (
TA.)
b2: See also 1.
6 تَكَاْيَسَ see 1.
كَيْــسٌ: see 1:
A2: and see also
كَيِّــسٌ.
كِيــسٌ [A purse;] a well known receptacle; (
TA;) a thing made of pieces of rag sewed together; (
Msb;) for money, (
S,
K,
TA,) and for pearls and sapphires: (
TA:) [so called] because it comprises them: (
K,
TA:) [a remark that seems to indicate a signification of كَاسَ or some other word from the same root which I do not find elsewhere pointed out: but the more probable derivation is from the Persian
كِيــسَهْ:] that which is tied up, of leather, and of pieces of rag, is not called thus, but is called خَرِيطَةٌ: (
Msb:)
pl. [of pauc.] أَـ
ـكْيَــاسٌ (
S,
Msb,
K) and
كِيَــسَةٌ. (
K.)
b2: Hence, (
TA,) (
tropical:) The membrane that encloses a child in the womb;
syn. مَشِيمَةٌ. (
K,
TA.)
b3: [Hence also, (assumed
tropical:) The scrotum.]
كَيِّــسٌ (
S,
A,
Mgh,
Msb,
K) and ↓
كَيْــسٌ, (
TA,) [like هِيِّنٌ and هَيْنٌ, &c.,] Acute, or sharp, or quick, in intellect; clever; ingenious; skilful; knowing; intelligent: (
S,
A,
Mgh,
Msb,
K,
TA:)
fem. كَيِّــسَةٌ: (
S, A:) and ↓
كِيــسَى, applied to a woman, is syn with
كَيِّــسَةٌ, and is, as also كُوسَى, [each originally
كُيْــسَى,]
fem. of أَـ
ـكْيَــسُ: (
S:) [whence it appears that this last word is
accord. to
J syn. with كَيِّــسٌ; i. e., a simple
epithet, like its
contr. أَحْمَقُ: but it has another signification, for which see below:] or,
accord. to
Kr,
كِيــسَى and كُوسَى are pls. of
كَيِّــسَةٌ; and there are no similar instances except ضِيقَى and ضُوقَى, pls. of ضَيِّقَةٌ, and طُوبَى,
pl. of طَيِّبَةٌ: but
ISd holds them to be fems. of the measure أَفْعَلُ: (
TA: [see ضُوقَى in art. ضيق:]) the
pl. of
كَيِّــسٌ is أَـ
ـكْيَــاسٌ (
A,
Mgh,
Msb,
TA) and
كَيْــسَىِ, (
A,
K,
TA [in the
CK, erroneously,
كِيــسى,]) like حَمْقَى, (
A,) having this latter form in order that it may resemble its
contr., حَمْقَى: (
TA:) and
كِيَــاسٌ is
pl. of
كَيِّــسَةٌ, (
A,
TA,) [and أَكَايِيسُ is
app. pl. of
كِيَــاسٌ: see an
ex. voce طِشَّةٌ.] You also say, ↓ رَجُلٌ
كَيِّــسٌ مُـ
ـكَيَّــسٌ, meaning, A man acute or sharp or quick in intellect, &c.: (
S:) or [acute &c., and] described as being so; or having the
attribute of
كَيْــس ascribed to him: (
A:) or ↓ رَجُلٌ مُـ
ـكَيَّــسٌ signifies, as also
كَيِّــسٌ, a man known as possessing
كَيْــس [or acuteness &c.]. (
TA.) And إِمْرَأَةٌ
كَيِّــسَةٌ A woman well educated, or well bred. (
TA.) and رَجُلٌ
كَيِّــسُ الفِعْل A man good in action or conduct. (
TA.) And بَنَى دَارًا
كَيِّــسَةً (A) (
tropical:) He built an elegant house;
syn. ظَرِيفَةً. (
TA.) [The
dim. كُوَيِّسٌ, more properly
كُيَــيِّسٌ or
كِيَــيِّسٌ, is much used in the present day as signifying (
tropical:) Elegant, pretty, or beautiful.]
كُوسَى: see أَـ
ـكْيَــسُ: and
كَيِّــسٌ, in two places.
كِيــسَى: see أَـ
ـكْيَــسُ: and
كَيِّــسٌ, in two places.
كَيْــسَانُ (
tropical:) a proper name for Perfidy; (
IAar,
S,
A,
K;) as also أَبُو
كَيْــسَانَ: (
IAar:) of the
dial. of Teiyi: and derived from
كَيْــسٌ. (
Kr.) You say, رَكِبَ
كَيْــسَانَ (
tropical:) He acted perfidiously. (
A.) أَـ
ـكْيَــسٌ [More, and most, acute or sharp or quick in intellect; more, and most, shrewd, clever, ingenious, skilful, knowing, or intelligent]: (
Lth,
ISd, A:)
fem. كِيــسَى (
ISd) and كُوسَى: (
Lth,
ISd:) [in the
CK, and in a
MS. copy of the
K, and in the text of the
K as given in the
TA,
كِيــسَى and كُوسَى, each of which is originally
كُيْــسَى, are said to be fems. of أَكْوَسُ; but this is evidently a mistake for أَـ
ـكْيَــسُ:]
pl. كُوسٌ, [originally
كُيْــسٌ,] which is applied to women, [as well as men,] and كُوسَيَاتٌ, which is applied to women only. (
Lth.) You say, هٰذَا الأَـ
ـكْيَــسُ [This is the more, or most, acute &c.]. (
Lth.) And أَىُّ المُؤْمِنِينَ أَـ
ـكْيَــسُ Which of the believers is the most intelligent? (
TA.) And it is said in a proverb, أَـ
ـكْيَــسُ مِنْ قِشَّةٍ (A) [(
tropical:) More acute &c. than] a little female ape or monkey. (
TA, art. قش.) And in a
trad., أَـ
ـكْيَــسُ الـ
ـكَيْــسِ التُّقَى
وَأَحْمَقُ الحُمْقِ الفُجُورُ (
tropical:) [The most acute of acuteness is piety, and the most foolish of foolishness, or the most stupid of stupidness, is vice]. (
A.)
b2: See also
كَيِّــسٌ.
مُـ
ـكِيــسَةٌ A woman who brings forth children acute or sharp or quick in intellect; shrewd, clever, ingenious, skilful, knowing, or intelligent: (
TA:) and ↓ مِـ
ـكْيَــاسٌ, who does so usually;
contr. of مِحْمَاقٌ: (
A:) [and ↓ مِـ
ـكْيَــسَةٌ, who does so most generally: see an
ex. of this under 4.]
مِـ
ـكْيَــسَةٌ: see مُـ
ـكِيــسَةٌ and 4.
مُـ
ـكَيَّــسٌ: see
كَيِّــسٌ.
مِـ
ـكْيَــاسٌ: see مُـ
ـكِيــسَةٌ.
