كيس

See also: کیش and گیس

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Aramaic כִּיסָא (kīsā, sack; purse); from Akkadian 𒋢𒃻𒉌𒌓 (kīsum, leather bag for weights and silver); cognates with Classical Syriac ܟܺܝܣܳܐ (kīsā) and Hebrew כִּיס (kis).

Noun

كِيس • (kīs) m or f (plural أَكْيَاس (ʔakyās) or كِيَسَة (kiyasa))

  1. bag, sack
  2. purse
  3. scrotum
Declension
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: چيس (čīs)
  • ? Old Galician-Portuguese: aciqua
  • ? Spanish: cica
  • Alaba: kiisa
  • Hadiyya: kiisa
  • Kambaata: kiisa
  • Oromo: kiisi
  • Shinasha: kiisiya
  • Wolaytta: kiisiya
  • Yemsa: kiisi

Etymology 2

Root
ك ي س (k-y-s)

Adjective

كَيِّس • (kayyis) (feminine كَيِّسَة (kayyisa), masculine plural أَكْيَاس (ʔakyās) or كَيْسَى (kaysā), feminine plural كِيَاس (kiyās), elative أَكْيَس (ʔakyas))

  1. cunning, acute, sharp-witted, shrewd
Declension

Verb

كَيَّسَ • (kayyasa) II, non-past يُكَيِّسُ‎ (yukayyisu)

  1. to render clever, to make sharp in intellect
Conjugation

Noun

كَيْس • (kays) m

  1. verbal noun of كَاسَ (kāsa) (form I)
Declension

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 197
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كيس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 74
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “كيس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2639–2640
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “كيس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 902
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كيس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1132

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkiːs]

Noun

كيس • (kīs) f (plural اكياس (ʾakyās))

  1. bag, sack

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِيس (kīs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiːs/, [kiːs]
  • (file)

Noun

كيس • (kīs) m (plural كياس (kyās))

  1. bag, sack
    كيس نيلنkīs naylonplastic bag
    كيس زبالةkīs zbālegarbage bag, bin line

See also

  • شنطة (šanṭa, suitcase; bag; schoolbag)
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