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الكاء

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root describes a state of weakness, cowardice, and fear. It encompasses the concepts of being timid, easily frightened, and retreating from something due to apprehension. It can also refer to surprising someone in a vulnerable moment, causing them to become fearful and withdraw.

Derived headwords

الكاءnoun
  1. 1.
    cowardboth

    A person who is weak and cowardly.

الكاءةnoun
  1. 1.
    cowardiceboth

    The state or quality of being weak and cowardly.

الكيءnoun
  1. 1.
    cowardiceboth

    The state or quality of being weak and cowardly.

الكيئةnoun
  1. 1.
    cowardiceboth

    The state or quality of being weak and cowardly.

كاءَverb
  1. 1.
    to be weakboth

    To be in a state of weakness and timidity.

  2. 2.
    to be cowardlyboth

    To exhibit cowardice and fear.

كيءverb
  1. 1.
    to be weakboth

    To be in a state of weakness and timidity.

  2. 2.
    to be cowardlyboth

    To exhibit cowardice and fear.

كيئةverb
  1. 1.
    to be weakboth

    To be in a state of weakness and timidity.

  2. 2.
    to be cowardlyboth

    To exhibit cowardice and fear.

كاءَverb
  1. 1.
    to be timidboth

    To be easily frightened or apprehensive.

  2. 2.
    to be cowardlyboth

    To exhibit cowardice and fear.

كوءَverb
  1. 1.
    to be timidboth

    To be easily frightened or apprehensive.

  2. 2.
    to be cowardlyboth

    To exhibit cowardice and fear.

كأواverb
  1. 1.
    to be timidboth

    To be easily frightened or apprehensive.

  2. 2.
    to be cowardlyboth

    To exhibit cowardice and fear.

أكاءَverb
  1. 1.
    to surprise suddenlyclassical

    To encounter someone unexpectedly at a moment when they intend to do something, causing them to become fearful and retreat.

إكاءnoun
  1. 1.
    sudden surpriseclassical

    The act of encountering someone unexpectedly at a moment when they intend to do something, causing them to become fearful and retreat.

إكاءةnoun
  1. 1.
    sudden surpriseclassical

    The act of encountering someone unexpectedly at a moment when they intend to do something, causing them to become fearful and retreat.

Parallel reading

الضعيف الجبان
The weak, the cowardly.
وقد كئت كيئا وكيئة، وكؤت كوءا
And he became weak with weakness and timidity, and he became cowardly with cowardice.
على القلب: هبته، وجبنت
Upon the heart: he became fearful of it, and he became cowardly.
وأكاءه إكاء وإكاءة
And he surprised him with a sudden encounter and a sudden surprise.
فاجأه على تئفة أمر أراده، فهابه، فرجع عنه
He surprised him at the moment he intended to do something, so he feared it and retreated from it.