أَكْيَسٌ
Root: كيس
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أَكْيَسٌ
[More, and most, acute or sharp or quick in intellect; more, and most, shrewd, clever, ingenious, skilful, knowing, or intelligent]: fem. كِيسَى and كُوسَى: [in the CK, and in a MS. copy of the K, and in the text of the K as given in the TA, كِيسَى and كُوسَى, each of which is originally كُيْسَى, are said to be fems. of أَكْوَسُ; but this is evidently a mistake for أَكْيَسُ:] pl. كُوسٌ, [originally كُيْسٌ,] which is applied to women, [as well as men,] and كُوسَيَاتٌ, which is applied to women only. You say, هٰذَا الأَكْيَسُ [This is the more, or most, acute &c.]. And أَىُّ المُؤْمِنِينَ أَكْيَسُ
Which of the believers is the most intelligent? And it is said in a proverb, أَكْيَسُ مِنْ قِشَّةٍ [
2 See also كَيِّسٌ.
2 See also كَيِّسٌ.
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