كَاءَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ

, first pers. كِيءْتُ, aorist يَكِىْءُ, verbal noun كَىْءٌ and كَيْيءَةٌ; (S, K; *) and كَاءَ عَنْهُ, first pers. كُوءْتُ, aorist يَكُوْءُ, verbal noun كَوْءٌ and كَاءٌ 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 ↓ أَكَاءَهُ also has this signification.]