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أَكْيَس
cleverer; cleverest (elative of كَيِّس, "clever, shrewd, sensible") /ˈʔak.jas/
adjectiveB1#1588 most common
Also: shrewder, more shrewd, more sensible, most sensible, smarter, smartest
Example sentences
هُوَ أَكْيَسُ وَلَدٍ.
He is the cleverest boy.
أَخِي أَكْيَسُ مِنِّي.
My brother is cleverer than me.
هَذِهِ الطَّالِبَةُ أَكْيَسُ مِنْ كُلِّ زُمَلائِها.
This student is cleverer than all her classmates.
مَنْ كانَ أَكْيَسَ النَّاسِ تَجَنَّبَ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْمَشاكِلِ.
Whoever is the cleverest of people avoids many problems.
قالَ النَّبِيُّ إِنَّ أَكْيَسَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ ذِكْرًا لِلْمَوْتِ.
The Prophet said that the most sensible of believers are those who remember death the most.
لا يَكْفِي أَنْ تَكُونَ ذَكِيًّا، بَلْ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَكُونَ أَكْيَسَ مَنْ حَوْلَكَ فِي إِدارَةِ شُؤونِكَ.
It is not enough to be intelligent; you must be the shrewdest of those around you in managing your affairs.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَكْيَسُ | الأَكْيَسُونَ |
| Genitive | أَكْيَسَ | الأَكْيَسِينَ |
| Accusative | أَكْيَسَ | الأَكْيَسِينَ |
| Vocative | يا أَكْيَسُ | يا أَكْيَسُونَ |
Word family
كَيِّسclever, shrewd, sensible
كِياسَةcleverness, sagacity, courtesy
كَيْسintelligence, prudence
كايَسَto vie in cleverness, to outwit
تَكَيَّسَto act cleverly, to be refined
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ك-ي-س (k-y-s), which carries the sense of cleverness, shrewdness, and good judgment. The base adjective is كَيِّس, "clever, sensible." أَكْيَس is its elative, formed on the أَفْعَل pattern that marks the comparative and superlative. So it means "cleverer" or "cleverest."
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