Arabic vocabulary
كَيْدُ is how you say “plotting” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وَقَالَ تَعَالَىٰ ﴿وَإِنْ تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْئًا﴾
And the Most High said: "And if you are patient and are God-fearing, their plotting will not harm you at all."
كَيْدُهُمْ — their plotting. A noun 'their plotting' with a 'their' tag suffixed, naming the subject that would do the harming. The attached possessor packs 'of them' into the noun, so the scheming and its owners are one word.
From: Patience Under Decree →فَأَنَّى يَضُرُّكَ كَيْدُ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
How then could the plotting of the accursed Satan harm you?
كَيْدُ — plotting. A noun ('plotting / scheming') serving as the doer of 'harm', named after the verb in normal verb-first order. It also heads an 'of' pairing with the next noun, so it reads 'the plotting OF...', and takes the subject ending.
From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →OpenArabic teaches words like كَيْدُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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