كايسهُ
Root: كيس
Form: 3
Full Definition
كايسهُIII
, Verbal.Noun مُكَايَسَةٌ, , He vied, or contended, with him in
كَيْس [i. e. acuteness or sharpness or quickness of intellect; &c.: see 1]. You say, كَايَسْتُهُ فَكِسْتُهُ [I vied, or contended, with him in acuteness, &c., and] I overcame, or surpassed, him [therein, i. e.] in
كَيْس. And كَايَسَهُ فِى
البَيْعِ [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.
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