Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَكِيدَةٌ

Root: كيد

Full Definition

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


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