كاد

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Arabic

Etymology 1

A root ك و د (k-w-d) hasn’t developed. The term is suggested as a borrowing from Old South Arabian 𐩫𐩵 (kd, to almost do, form I), related to 𐩫𐩵 (kd, to treacherously endanger; to start a prosecution against, form II).

Verb

كَادَ (kāda) I, non-past يَكَادُ‎ (yakādu)

  1. to almost do something (with following non-past or with أَن (ʔan) + subjunctive)
    Synonyms: أَوْشَكَ (ʔawšaka), (rare) كَرَبَ (karaba)
    كِدْتُ أَذْهَبُkidtu ʔaḏhabuI almost went
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:20:
      يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَهُمْ
      yakādu l-barqu yaḵṭafu ʔabṣārahum
      It is as if the lightning almost snatched away their sight.
  2. to hardly do something (negated, with following non-past)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:71:
      فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
      faḏabaḥūhā wamā kādū yafʕalūna
      They slaughtered her, but they hardly brought themselves to do it.
  3. as soon as (negated, with following non-past)
Conjugation
References
  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1126
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كاد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 69a
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “كاد”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 941b
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “كود”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 900
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “كود”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 991

Etymology 2

Root
ك ي د (k-y-d)

Verb

كَادَ (kāda) I, non-past يَكِيدُ‎ (yakīdu)

  1. to plot, to scheme (لِـ (li-) against)
  2. to plan or intend to commit crime
  3. to deceive, to fool
Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كاد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 73b