كَاسَ
Root: كيس
Form: 1
Full Definition
كَاسَI
, Present.T يَكِيسُ, Verbal.Noun كَيْسٌ and كِيَاسَةٌ and كُوسَى, with و put in the place of ى, [originally كُيْسَى,] (Seer [mentioned by him as syn. with كَيْسٌ]) He was, or became, acute, or sharp, or quick, in intellect; shrewd; clever; ingenious; skilful; knowing; intelligent:
كَيْسٌ being the contr. of
حُمْقٌ; and i. q.
ظَرْفٌ, and
خِقَّةٌ, and
تَوَقُّدٌ, and
فِطْنَةٌ, and
فِقْهٌ, and
عَقْلٌ.
2 كَاسَ فِى الأَمْرِ, Present.T يَكِيسُ, Verbal.Noun كَيْسٌ; and تكيّس ; and تكايس ; He acted gently, or with good gentleness or moderation or calmness, in the affair.
def.2 كَاسَهُ, Present.T يَكِيسُهُ, Verbal.Noun كَيْسٌ, He overcame him, or surpassed him, in كِيَاسَة or كَيْس [i. e. acuteness or sharpness or quickness of intellect; &c.: see above]. So in the following words of a trad., said by the prophet to Jábir Ibn-'Abd-Allah El-Ansáree, 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]: 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.
2 كَيِسَ, [Present.T يَكْيَسُ,] Verbal.Noun كَيَسٌ, is also mentioned by IKtt as a dial. form of كَاسَ in the sense of He overcame or surpassed [in acuteness &c.]
2 كَاسَ فِى الأَمْرِ, Present.T يَكِيسُ, Verbal.Noun كَيْسٌ; and تكيّس ; and تكايس ; He acted gently, or with good gentleness or moderation or calmness, in the affair.
def.2 كَاسَهُ, Present.T يَكِيسُهُ, Verbal.Noun كَيْسٌ, He overcame him, or surpassed him, in كِيَاسَة or كَيْس [i. e. acuteness or sharpness or quickness of intellect; &c.: see above]. So in the following words of a trad., said by the prophet to Jábir Ibn-'Abd-Allah El-Ansáree, 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]: 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.
2 كَيِسَ, [Present.T يَكْيَسُ,] Verbal.Noun كَيَسٌ, is also mentioned by IKtt as a dial. form of كَاسَ in the sense of He overcame or surpassed [in acuteness &c.]
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