kad
See also kʼad
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷod.
Pronunciation
- IPA: [kɐd]
Conjunction
kàd
- that
- when
- 'cause
- so as to, in order to
Synonyms
Malay
Etymology
From English card
Noun
kad
- card (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *kъgda, 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
Pronunciation
- IPA: /kâd/
Conjunction
kȁd (Cyrillic spelling ка̏д)
- (interrogative) when
- Kad ćeš doći? — When will you come?
- when
- Ne znam kad ću stići na sastanak. — I don't know when I will arrive at the meeting.
- Samo što je pala noć, kad poče kiša. — The nigh has just fallen, when the rain began.
- if
- Kad bih samo imao malo više slobodnog vremena.. — If only I had a little more free time...
- in miscellaneous constructs
- kad(a) god — whenever
- malo kad — rarely
- kad-tad — sooner or later
- (t)ko zna kad — who knows when
Adverb
kȁd (Cyrillic spelling ка̏д)
- ever (compare ȉkad)
- Da li si kad bio u Beču? — Have you ever been to Vienna?
- sometimes (compare nȅkad)
- Idem na posao kad tramvajem, kad autobusom. — I go to work sometimes by tram, and sometimes by bus.
- kako kad, kad kako — sometimes this way, sometimes that way
- in miscellaneous constructs
- imati kad (za..) — to have enough time (for..)
- Nisam imao kad da ti se javim. — I didn't have enough time to call you.
Synonyms
- (Croatia) gda
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *kadъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /kâːd/
Noun
kȃd m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑д)
Declension
declension of kad
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | kad |
| genitive | kada |
| dative | kadu |
| accusative | kad |
| vocative | kade |
| locative | kadu |
| instrumental | kadom |
Slovene
Etymology
Proto-Slavic from Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA: [kad]
Noun
kad f (dual kadi, plural kadi)