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كَأْكَأَ

Root: كأ

Form: R. Q. 1

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كَأْكَأَ
R. Q. 1 Verbal.Noun كَأْكَأَةٌ; and تَكَأْكَأَ , as also تكعكع; He drew back, or retired, and was cowardly.
2 كَأْكَأَ, Verbal.Noun كَأْكَآءٌ, [respecting the form of which see ظَأْظَأَ,] He was very impatiently cowardly. [In the CK., in the explanation of the Verbal.Noun, الجَبِينُ is put for الجُبْنُ.]
3 Also, Verbal.Noun as above, He ran away.

def.2 See R. Q. 2.
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