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4 أَكْيَسَ ذ and أَكَاسَ He (a man, S) had born to him children acute or sharp or quick in intellect; shrewd; clever, ingenious, skilful, knowing, or intelligent: (S, K:) or he begot a child acute &c. (IKtt.) And أَكْيَسَتْ and أَكَاسَتْ She brought forth children acute &c. (A.) A poet says, “ فَلَوْ كُنْتُمْ لِمِكْيَسَةٍ أَكَاسَتْ
وَكَيْسُ الأُمِّ يُعْرَفُ فِى البَنِينَا
” [But if ye belonged to one who most generally brought forth children acute in intellect, she had brought forth such children; for the acuteness of intellect of the mother is known in the sons]. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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