كاس

See also: کاس

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ك ي س (k-y-s).

Verb

1. to be clever, to be acute in intellect, to have a sharp mind
2. to overcome in intellect, to surpass in shrewdness

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “كاس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 74
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “كاس”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 947–948
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “كاس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2639
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كاس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1132

Etymology 2

From the root ك و س (k-w-s).

Verb

1. to walk with one foot less; to coil oneself up
2. to prostrate, to cut down the standing firmly of, to throw head over heels
3. (figurative) to beat down, to abate the price offered by in haggling with

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “كاس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[5] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 70
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “كاس”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[6] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 943
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “كاس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[7], London: W.H. Allen, page 900