ك • ي • أ and ك • و • أ

, first pers. كِئْتُ, aor. يَكِىْءُ, inf. n. كَىْءٌ and كَيْئَةٌ; (S, K; *) and كَآءَ عَنْهُ, first pers. كُؤْتُ, aor. يَكُوْءُ, inf. n. كَوْءٌ and كَآءٌ and كَأْوٌ, this last formed by transposition; (K;) He abstained from the thing through timidity: (TA:) or he dreaded the thing, and abstained from it through cowardice: (S, K, TA:) or his eye reverted from the thing, and he desired it not. (TA.) كَاءَ عَنْهُ He retired from him through fear. (TA.) [Accord. to the TA, it seems that ↓ أَكَآءَهُ also has this signification.]

, inf. n. إِكَآءٌ and إِكَآءَةٌ, He came upon him suddenly, when he (the latter) was about to do a thing, and caused him to abstain from it through fear or cowardice. (K, TA.) But some say that this is correctly أَكَأَهُ; like كَتَبَ, inf. n. كِتَابٌ and كِتَابَةٌ. (TA, art. أَكأ.) See 1.

and كَآءَةٌ and ↓ كَىْءٌ (S, K) and كَيْئَةٌ (K) A weak-hearted, cowardly, man: (K, TA:) like كَعٌّ and كَاعٌّ. (S.)

and كَيْئَةٌ: see كَآءٌ.