كيء ند كوء

1 كَاآءَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ ذ , first pers. كِئْتُ, aor. يَكِىْءُ, inf. n. كَىْءٌ and كَيْئَةٌ; (S, K; *) and كَاآءَ عَنْهُ, first pers. كُؤْتُ, aor. يَكُوْءُ, inf. n. كَوْءٌ and كَاآءٌ and كَأْوٌ, this last formed by transposition; (K;) He abstained from the thing through timidity: (TA:) or he dreaded the thing, and abstained from it through cowardice: (S, K, TA:) or his eye reverted from the thing, and he desired it not. (TA.) ― -b2- كَاءَ عَنْهُ He retired from him through fear. (TA.) [Accord. to the TA, it seems that ↓ أَكَاآءَهُ also has this signification.]