كَيْتَ
Root: كيت
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كَيْتَ
, and كَيْت
وَكَيْتِ, and كيْتُ وَكَيْتُ, i. e. كَذَا وَكَذَا, [Some of the circumstances of the case were thus and thus; or so and so; or such and such things]. The ت in كيت is originally ة; as in the case of ذَيْت; these two words being originally كَيَّة and ذَيَّة: or the ت in كيت and ذيت is substituted for ى: they are originally كَيَّة and ذَيَّة; and the ة is elided, and the ى which is the last radical letter is changed into ت: so accord. to AHei; and most of the leading authorities on inflexion assert the same. (MF. voce ذَيْتَ.) See ذيت.
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