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كَيْدٌ

Root: كيد

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كَيْدٌ : see 1.
2 War: so called because of the stratagems employed therein. One says, غَزَا فُلَانٌ فَلَمْ يَلْقَ كَيْدًا Such a one went on a hostile expedition and found not war: i. e., did not fight.
3 كَيْدٌ ذَاتُ غَدْرٍ A war characterized by perfidy. كيد is here made fem. because meaning حَرْبٌ.

def.2 كَيْدٌ Vomit. بَلَعَ الكَيْدَ. He swallowed vomit.
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