See also: کیش and گیس

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

كِيس (kīsm or f (plural أَكْيَاس (ʔakyās) or كِيَسَة (kiyasa))

  1. bag, sack
  2. purse
  3. scrotum
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • 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 edit

From the root ك ي س (k-y-s).

Adjective edit

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 edit

Verb edit

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

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

Noun edit

كَيْس (kaysm

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

References edit

Egyptian Arabic edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كيس (kīsf (plural اكياس (ʾakyās))

  1. bag, sack

South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic كِيس (kīs).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

كيس (kīsm (plural كياس (kyās))

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

See also edit

  • شنطة (šanṭa, suitcase; bag; schoolbag)