كِيس bag in Arabic
كِيس is how you say “bag” in Arabic.
Arabic
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Example sentence
مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَعْمَلُ لِلرِّيَاءِ وَالسُّمْعَةِ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يَمْلَأُ كِيسَهُ حَصًى،
'The example of one who acts for showing off and seeking praise is like the example of one who fills his bag with stones,
كِيسَهُ his bag
Two pieces sit on this word: a noun naming the container, and an attached possessor on its end pointing back to that man. Arabic glues the owner directly onto the noun, so one written word does the job of 'his bag'.
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وَلَا مَنْفَعَةَ لَهُ فِي كِيسِهِ سِوَى مَقَالَةِ النَّاسِ لَهُ
and there is no benefit for him in his bag except the people’s remark:
كِيسِهِ his bag
A noun, 'bag', with a possessor on its end pointing back to the man, so one word means 'his bag'. Its ending is the (genitive) form because the 'in' before it governs it.
مَا أَمْلَأَ كِيسَهُ
'How full his bag is!'
كِيسَهُ his bag
A noun, 'bag', with the possessor glued to its end pointing back to the man, so one word says 'his bag'. Its ending marks it as the thing the exclamatory form is amazed about.