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كيد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

كَيْدٌ ذ : see 1. ― -b2- (tropical:) War: (S, K:) so called because of the stratagems employed therein. (TA.) One says, غَزَا فُلَانٌ فَلَمْ يَلْقَ كَيْدًا (tropical:) Such a one went on a hostile expedition and found not war: (S, L:) i. e., did not fight. (A.) ― -b3- كَيْدٌ ذَاتُ غَدْرٍ (tropical:) A war characterized by perfidy. كيد is here made fem. because meaning حَرْبٌ. (L, from a trad.) -A2- كَيْدٌ Vomit. (S, * L, K. *) بَلَعَ الكَيْدَ. He swallowed vomit. (L, from a trad.)

Derived headwords

كَيْدٌ
  1. 1.
غَزَا فُلَانٌ فَلَمْ يَلْقَ كَيْدًا
كَيْدٌ ذَاتُ غَدْرٍ
بَلَعَ الكَيْدَ