Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

كَادَهُ, aor. يَكِيدُ, (Ṣ, L, Mṣb,) inf. n. كَيْدٌ (Ṣ, L, Mṣb, Ḳ) and مَكِيدَةٌ, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) or the latter is a simple subst.; (Mṣb;) andكايدهُ↓, (A,) inf. n. مُكَايَدَةٌ; (Ṣ;) or this implies reciprocation; (TA;) [andاكتادهُ↓, which see below. app. signifies the same as كَادَهُ like as اِخْتَدَعَهُ signifies the same as خَدَعَهُ;] He deceived, beguiled, or circumvented, him or he deceived, beguiled, or circumvented, him; and desired to do him a foul, an abominable, or an evil, action, clandestinely, or without his knowing whence it proceeded; i. q. مَكَرَ بِهِ (Ṣ, L, Mṣb, Ḳ) and خَدَعَهُ: (Mṣb:) or, accord. to some, مكربه implies the feigning of the contrary of one's real intentions; whereas كاده does not: or this latter signifies he did him harm, or mischief; and the former, he did so clandestinely. (MF.)

كَادَ, aor. يَكِيدُ, (L,) inf. n. كَيْدٌ and مَكِيدَةٌ, (L, Ḳ,) [or the latter is a simple subst.,] He acted deceitfully, mischievously, or wickedly. (L, Ḳ.)

Also, inf. n. كَيْدٌ, He practised an evasion or elusion, a shift, a wile, an artifice, or artful contrivance or device, a plot, a stratagem, or an expedient; or he exercised art, artifice, cunning, ingenuity, or skill, in the management or ordering of affairs,, with excellent consideration or deliberation, and ability to manage with subtilty according to his own free will; syn. اِخْتَالَ; (L:) and of the inf. n., حِيلَةٌ. (L, Ḳ.)

كَادَهُ He taught him الكَيْد [i. e., to deceive, beguile, or circumvent, &c., or, to act deceitfully, mischievously, or wickedly; or, to practise modes, or means, of evading or cluding, &c.]. So some explain it in the Ḳur xii. 76. (TA.)

It is said in a trad., مَا قَوْلُكَ فِى عُقُولٍ كَادَهَا خَالِقُهَا What sayest thou of intellects to which their Creator hath desired to do evil? (L.) So some explain the verb in the Ḳur xxi. 58. (TA.)

يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا [Ḳur lxxxvi. 16, They practise an artful device, and I will practise an artful device]. كَيْدُ ٱللّٰهِ لِلْكُفَّارِ [God's practising an artful device towards the unbelievers] means his taking them unawares, so that they do not reckon upon it; bestowing upon them enjoyments in which they delight, and on which they place their reliance, and with which they become familiar so as not to be mindful of death, and then taking them in their most heedless state; إِسْتِدْرَاجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ. (Zj, L.)

كَادَ, aor. يَكِيدُ, inf. n. كَيْدٌ, He contrived, devised, or plotted, a thing, whether wrong or right. Ex. فُلَانٌ يَكِيدُ أَمْرً مَا أَدْرِى مَا هُوَ Such a one contrives, devises, or plots, a thing: I know not what it is. (L.)

كَادَ, aor. يَكِيدُ, He worked, or laboured, at, or upon, anything; he laboured, took pains, applied himself vigorously, exerted himself, strove, or struggled, to do, execute, or perform, or to effect, or accomplish, or to manage, or treat, anything; he laboured, strove, or struggled, with anything, to prevail, or overcome, or to effect an object; syn. عَالَجَ. (Ṣ, L.)

كَادَ, inf. n. كَيْدٌ, He strove, or laboured; exerted himself, or his power or ability; employed himself vigorously, laboriously, sedulously, or earnestly; was diligent; took extraordinary pains. (L.)

كَادَ, inf. n. كَيْدٌ, He (a raven or crow) exerted himself in his croaking. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

كَادَ بِنَفْسِهِ, (Ḳ,) aor. يَكِيدُ, (Ṣ, L,) inf. n. كَيْدٌ, (L,) ‡ He gave up his spirit: (Ṣ, L, Ḳ:) endured distress in giving up the ghost. (A.)

كَادَ, (Ḳ,) inf. n. كَيْدٌ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) He vomited. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

كَادَ, inf. n. كَيْدٌ, It (a زَنْد) emitted fire. (L, Ḳ.)

كَادَتْ, (L, Ḳ,) aor. تَكِيدُ, inf. n. كَيْدٌ, (L,) She had the menstrual flux. (L, Ḳ.)

لَا أَفْعَلُ ذٰلِكَ وَلَا كَيْدًا وَلَا هَمًّا I will not do that, nor do I desire, nor do I purpose, or intend. (Ḳ,* TA.) See كَادَ in art. كود.

كَادَ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا, (L. Mṣb, Ḳ,) originally كَيِدَ, first pers. كِدْتُ, aor. يَكَادُ; (L, Mṣb;) and كِيدَ: (L, Ḳ:) see art. كود. [It is mentioned in arts. كود and كيد in the L, Ḳ: in the former only in the Ṣ: and in the latter only in the Mṣb.]

هُمَا يَتَكَايَدَانِ (L, Ḳ) They two deceive, beguile, or circumvent, each other; or do so, each desiring to do to the other a foul, abominable, or evil, action clandestinely. (TḲ.) See 1. You should not say يَتَكَاوَدَانِ. (L, Ḳ.)

اكتاد is of the measure افْتَعَلَ from الكَيْدُ; (Ḳ;) and اكتادهُ signifies إحْتَالَهُ [or rather إِحْتَالَ عَلَيْهِ]. (TḲ.) See 1.

كَيْدٌ: see 1.

‡ War: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) so called because of the stratagems employed therein. (TA.) One says, غَزَا فُلَانٌ فَلَمْ يَلْقَ كَيْدًا ‡ Such a one went on a hostile expedition and found not war: (Ṣ, L:) i. e., did not fight. (A.)

كَيْدٌ ذَاتُ غَدْرٍ ‡ A war characterized by perfidy. كيد is here made fem. because meaning حَرْبٌ. (L, from a trad.)

كَيْدٌ Vomit. (Ṣ,* L, Ḳ.*) بَلَعَ الكَيْدَ. He swallowed vomit. (L, from a trad.)

مَكِيدَةٌ: see 1.

As a simple subst., Deceit, guile, or circumvention, and desire to do a foul, an abominable, or an evil, action, to another clandestinely: (Mṣb:) [and an evasion, or elusion, a shift, a wile, an artifice,, &c.: see 1 as intrans.:] pl. مَكَائِدُ. (A.)