kad

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English card.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kad/

Noun

kad

1. card

Ido

Alternative forms

• ka (often used before a consonant)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कदा (kadā), Japanese か (ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kad/

Particle

kad

1. whether, if

   Me dubitas kad il venos. ― I doubt whether he will come.

2. used at the beginning of a sentence to turn it into a question

   Kad il amas me? ― Does he love me?

Latvian

Adverb

kad

1. when
2. once

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷod.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Conjunction

kàd

1. that

   Aš manau, kad ji graži. ― I think that she is beautiful.

2. when

   Synonyms: kada, kai

3. 'cause

   Synonyms: kadangi, nes

4. so as to, in order to

   Synonym: idant

   • 2007, Jurga, Angelai:

     Tupi angelai užsimerkę, kad nematytų ką darai.

     Sitting angels closed their eyes so as not to see what you are doing.

Livonian

Alternative forms

• ka'd (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kadëh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skaþiz. Cognates include Finnish kade.

Adjective

kad

1. envious

Noun

kad

1. envy

Malay

Etymology

From English card.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka(ɾ)t/, /ka(ː)t/
• Rhymes: -at
• Rhymes: -ad

Noun

kad (Jawi spelling کد, plural kad-kad, informal 1st possessive kadku, 2nd possessive kadmu, 3rd possessive kadnya)

1. card (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.)

Alternative forms

• kartu (Indonesia)

Further reading

• “kad” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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".

Alternative forms

• kàda
• kăt (Torlakian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâd/

Conjunction

kȁd (Cyrillic spelling ка̏д)

1. (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.

2. (subjunctive only) if, if only (= da)

   Kad bih samo imao malo više slobodnog vremena. ― If only I had a little more free time.

3. 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)

1. (informal, shortening of ikad) ever

   Jesi li kad bio u Beču? ― Have you ever been to Vienna?

2. (informal, shortening of ponekad) sometimes

   Idem na posao kad tramvajem, kad autobusom. ― I go to work sometimes by tram, and sometimes by bus.

3. 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

• gda (Croatia)

Further reading

• “kad” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kadъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâːd/

Noun

kȃd m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑д)

1. incense

   Synonym: kàdilo

Declension

Further reading

• “kad” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kadь (“cask”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κάδιον (kádion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kát/

Noun

kȁd f

1. tub

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Further reading

• “kad”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology

Distorted abbreviation of French cathéter à demeure.

Noun

kad c

1. (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?

2. (colloquial) an IUC, indwelling urinary catheter