قياس

Arabic

Root
ق ي س (q-y-s)

Etymology

From the root ق ي س (q-y-s).

Pronunciation

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Noun

قِيَاس (qiyās) m (dual قِيَاسَانِ (qiyāsāni), plural أَقْيِسَة (ʔaqyisa))

  1. verbal noun of قَاسَ (qāsa) (form I)
  2. size, dimension, measurement
  3. measure, measuring, comparison
  4. rule, analogy, paradigm, example
    قِيَاساً عَلَى ذَلِكqiyāsan ʕalā ḏalikby analogy
  5. logical conclusion, syllogism
  6. (linguistics) analogy
    Antonym: سَمَاع (samāʕ)
  7. (Islam) qiyas (islamic ruling derived by analogy)

Declension

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