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الكيد

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns deception, trickery, and cunning. It extends to encompass conflict, intense effort, and physiological processes like vomiting or menstruation.

Derived headwords

الكَيْدnoun
  1. 1.
    Deception, trickeryboth

    The act of plotting or devising schemes, often with malicious intent.

  2. 2.
    Stratagem, ruseboth

    A clever plan or trick used to deceive someone.

  3. 3.
    Warfare, conflictclassical

    Engaging in hostilities or a struggle.

  4. 4.
    Striking fireclassical

    The act of striking flint to produce fire.

  5. 5.
    Vomitingclassical

    The expulsion of the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

  6. 6.
    Crow's cryclassical

    The intense or persistent cawing of a crow.

المَكِيدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Stratagem, ruseboth

    A plan or scheme devised to deceive or trick someone.

الحِيْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Trick, stratagemboth

    A cunning plan or device used to achieve a purpose, often through deception.

الحَرْبnoun
  1. 1.
    War, conflictboth

    A state of armed conflict between different countries or groups.

كَادَverb
  1. 1.
    To vomitclassical

    To expel the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

كَادَ بِنَفْسِهِverb
  1. 1.
    To be generousclassical

    To act with great generosity or magnanimity.

كَادَتِ المَرْأَةُverb
  1. 1.
    To menstruateclassical

    For a woman to begin her menstrual period.

كَادَ يَفْعَلُ كَذَاverb
  1. 1.
    To be on the verge of doing somethingboth

    To be very close to doing or achieving something.

  2. 2.
    To intend to do somethingboth

    To have the intention or plan to do something.

تَكايَدَverb
  1. 1.
    To plot against each otherboth

    To engage in mutual scheming or deception.

  2. 2.
    To strive intenselyclassical

    To exert great effort or struggle.

اِكْتَادَverb
  1. 1.
    To devise a schemeclassical

    To plot or contrive a plan, often for deception.

Parallel reading

الكَيْدُ: المَكْرُ والخُبْثُ
Al-kayd: deception and malice.
كَالمَكِيدَةِ
Like a stratagem.
والحِيْلَةِ
And a ruse.
والحَرْبِ
And war.
وإخْرَاجُ الزِّنْدِ النَّارَ
And striking fire from flint.
والقَيْءَ
And vomiting.
واجْتِهَادُ الغُرَابِ في صِيَاحِهِ
And the crow's intense cawing.
وكَادَ: قَاءَ
And kaada: he vomited.
وبِنَفْسِهِ: جَادَ
And kaada bi-nafsihi: he was generous.
والمرأةُ: حَاضَتْ
And kaadat al-mar'atu: the woman menstruated.
ويَفْعَلُ كَذَا: قَارَبَ، وهَمَّ، كَكَيْدٍ
And yaf'alu kadha: he was about to do so, he intended to do so, like kaydin.
وفِيهِ تَكايَدَ: تَشَدَّدَ
And in it takayada: he strove intensely.
ولا كَيْدَ ولا هَمَّ: لا أَكَادُ ولا أَهُمُّ
And la kayda wa la hamma: I am not about to do so, nor do I intend to do so.
واكْتَادَ: افْتَعَلَ مِنَ الكَيْدِ
And iktaada: he devised a scheme from al-kayd.
وهُمَا يَتَكايَدَانِ، ولَا تَقُلْ: يَتَكَاوَدَانِ
And they are plotting against each other, and do not say: they are vomiting.