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كِيس
bag /ˈkiːs/
nounB2#3674 most common
Also: sack, pouch, purse
Example sentences
هَذا كِيسٌ.
This is a bag.
أَعطِني كِيسًا مِن فَضلِك.
Give me a bag, please.
وَضَعَتِ الفَواكِهَ فِي الكِيسِ.
She put the fruit in the bag.
اِشتَرَيتُ كِيسَ أَرُزٍ مِنَ السّوقِ.
I bought a bag of rice from the market.
تَمَزَّقَ كِيسُ القُمامَةِ وَسَقَطَتِ الأَوساخُ عَلَى الأَرضِ.
The garbage bag tore and the trash fell onto the floor.
كانَت أَكياسُ الشّايِ مُكَدَّسَةً فِي الخِزانَةِ مُنذُ أَشهُرٍ.
The tea bags had been stacked in the cabinet for months.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كِيسٌ | أَكياسٌ |
| Genitive | كِيسٍ | أَكياسٍ |
| Accusative | كِيسًا | أَكياسًا |
| Vocative | يا كِيسُ | يا أَكياسُ |
Word family
أَكْياسbags (plural)
كِيس شايtea bag
كِيس نَوْمsleeping bag
كِيس بَلاستيكplastic bag
Etymology
Kīs entered Arabic as a loanword from Middle Persian kīsag, meaning pouch or purse. Arabic lexicographers such as Ibn Manẓūr already flagged it as an arabized foreign word rather than a native Semitic formation. It is a homograph of the unrelated native root k-y-s, which gives words for cleverness, but the two histories do not connect.
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