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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, a contraction of ܟܕ (kaḏ, “as, when”) + ܗܘ (hū, “ is”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
ܟܲܕܘܼ • (kadū)
- enough, sufficiently, adequate, no more
- Synonym: ܒܲܣܵܐ (bassā)
- ܦܠܝܼܚܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܟܲܕܘܼ، ܒܸܬ ܢܵܝܚܹܢ ܐܵܕܝܼܵܐ. ― plīḥā ìwen kadū, bit nāyḥēn ādīyā. ― I’ve worked enough, I will rest now.
- ܐܲܢ݇ܬ ܫܲܠܡܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܟܲܕܘܼ ܕܝܵܕ݂ܥܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ. ― at šalmā ìwet kadū d-yāḏˁītōn yatīr ṭāḇā. ― You are old enough to know better.
- quite, fairly, pretty
- ܗܵܢܵܐ ܟܲܕܘܼ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ. ― hānā kadū ṭāḇā ìlēh. ― This is quite good!
- ܒܸܚܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܟܲܕܘܼ ܒܝܼܵܗ̇. ― biḥḏāyā ìwen kadū bīyāh. ― I’m pretty happy with it.
- yet, already, so far, long since
- Synonyms: ܥܲܕ݂ܠܵܐ (ˁaḏlā), ܟܒ݂ܲܪ (kḇar)
Derived terms
Interjection
ܟܲܕܘܼ • (kadū)
- enough!, stop it!
- Synonyms: ܒܲܣܵܐ (bassā), ܚܲܠܵܨ (ḥallāṣ)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
A contraction of ܟܕ (kaḏ, “as, when”) + ܗܘ (ū, “ is”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
ܟܕܘ • (transliteration needed)
- sufficiently, enough, no more
- yet, already, so far, long since
References
- “kdw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 151b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 205a
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pp. 599b-600a