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Iban
Etymology
Borrowed from English card.
Pronunciation
Noun
kad
- card
Ido
- ka (often used before a consonant)
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कदा (kadā), Japanese か (ka).
Pronunciation
Particle
kad
- whether, if
- Me dubitas kad il venos. ― I doubt whether he will come.
- used at the beginning of a sentence to turn it into a question
- Kad il amas me? ― Does he love me?
Latvian
Adverb
kad
- when
- once
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷod.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
kàd
- that
- Aš manau, kad ji graži. ― I think that she is beautiful.
- when
- Synonyms: kada, kai
- 'cause
- Synonyms: kadangi, nes
- so as to, in order to
- Synonym: idant
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kadëh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skaþiz. Cognates include Finnish kade.
Adjective
kad
- envious
Noun
kad
- envy
Malay
Etymology
From English card, from Middle English carde (“playing card”), from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “paper, papyrus”). Doublet of carta and kertas.
Pronunciation
Noun
kad (Jawi spelling کد, plural kad-kad, informal 1st possessive kadku, 2nd possessive kadmu, 3rd possessive kadnya)
- A card (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.).
- Synonym: kartu (Indonesian)
Derived terms
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kogъda, a compound of *ko (from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos) and *gъda, genitive singular of *godъ (compare Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ, “right time”)), thus originally meaning "at what time".
Pronunciation
Conjunction
kȁd (Cyrillic spelling ка̏д)
- (interrogative, relative) when
- Kad ćeš doći? ― When will you come?
- Ne znam kad ću stići na sastanak. ― I don't know when I will arrive at the meeting.
- Vjetar je prestao puhati baš kad je počelo kišiti. ― The wind stopped blowing just when it began raining.
- (subjunctive only) if, if only (= da)
- Kad bih samo imao malo više slobodnog vremena. ― If only I had a little more free time.
- used in miscellaneous phrases relating to time
- kad god ― whenever
- malo kad ― rarely (literally, “little when”)
- kad-tad ― sooner or later (literally, “when-then”)
- (t)ko zna kad ― who knows when
Usage notes
As a conjunction with the sense of "if", kad, just like synonymous da, is only used in subjunctive mood, to express what one wishes were the case or hypothetical situations contrary to reality in general. For all other uses, ako is used instead.
Adverb
kȁd (Cyrillic spelling ка̏д)
- (informal, shortening of ikad) ever
- Jesi li kad bio u Beču? ― Have you ever been to Vienna?
- (informal, shortening of ponekad) sometimes
- Idem na posao kad tramvajem, kad autobusom. ― I go to work sometimes by tram, and sometimes by bus.
- used in miscellaneous phrases relating to time
Nisam imao kad da ti se javim.- I didn't have enough time to call you.
- (literally, “I didn't have when to call you.”)
Trebao sam već otići u trgovinu, a sad se samo nadam da ću imati kad.- I should have gone to the shop already, but now I just hope I will have the time to.
- (literally, “I should have gone to the shop already, but now I just hope I will have when.”)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “kad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kadъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
kȃd m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑д)
- incense
- Synonym: kàdilo
Declension
Declension of kad
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singular
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nominative
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kad
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genitive
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kada
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dative
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kadu
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accusative
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kad
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vocative
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kade
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locative
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kadu
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instrumental
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kadom
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Further reading
- “kad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kadь (“cask”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κάδιον (kádion).
Pronunciation
Noun
kȁd f
- tub
Inflection
Further reading
- “kad”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
Swedish
Etymology
Distorted abbreviation of French cathéter à demeure.
Noun
kad c
- (colloquial) short for a catheter
- Synonym: kateter
Kan du vara snäll och hämta en kad?- Would you be a dear and fetch me a catheter?
- (colloquial) an IUC, indwelling urinary catheter