كِيسٌ
Root: كيس
Full Definition
كِيسٌ
[A purse;] a well known receptacle; a thing made of pieces of rag sewed together; for money, and for pearls and sapphires: [so called] because it comprises them: [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 كِيسَهْ:] that which is tied up, of leather, and of pieces of rag, is not called thus, but is called خَرِيطَةٌ: pl. [of pauc.] أَكْيَاسٌ and كِيَسَةٌ.
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