Kayyisah
كيّسة
Say it KAY-yi-sah
Clever, quick-witted
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- k-y-s
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Kayyisa, Kaisa, Kayisa
Meaning & source
Clever and quick-witted: kays is nimbleness and a bright mind; the feminine of kayyis is kayyisah.
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كيس: الكَيْسُ: الخفَّة والتوقُّد، كَاسَ كَيْساً، وَهُوَ كَيْسٌ وكَيِّسٌ، وَالْجَمْعُ أَكْياس؛
Who carried this name
- Kayyisah bint al-Ḥārith ibn Kurayz, of Quraysh (al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār fixed the spelling) Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11694 (vol. 8, p. 298)