כדי

See also: כּדי

Aramaic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈdiː/

Conjunction

כְּדִּי • (k'di)

1. when, as soon as.

Hebrew

FWOTD – 10 June 2015

Etymology 1

כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) +‎ דַּי (day, “sufficient”)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /keˈdej/

Adverb

כְּדֵי • (k'dei)

1. in order: specifies a purpose
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Berachot 1:1:

     אִם כֵּן, לָמָּה אָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים עַד חֲצוֹת, כְּדֵי לְהַרְחִיק אֶת הָאָדָם מִן הָעֲבֵרָה:

     Im ken, lamah ʾamru ḥakhamim ʿad ḥatsot? K'dei l'harḥiq ʾet haʾadam min haʿaverah.

     If so, why did the Sages say "until midnight?" In order to distance humankind from transgression.

Usage notes

Followed by לְ־ (l-, “to”), meaning "in order to", or שֶׁ־ (she-, “that”), meaning "in order that".

Preposition

כְּדֵי • (k'de)

1. sufficient or appropriate for, sufficiently or appropriately for

   אָכַל כְּדֵי צָרְכּוֹ ― achál k'de tsorkó ― he ate so as to suffice for his need

   כְּדֵי שְׁתִיַת רְבִיעִית ― k'de sh'tiyát r'viít ― sufficient [time] for the drinking of a quarter[-log]

   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 25:2, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:

     וְהִפִּילוֹ הַשֹּׁפֵט וְהִכָּהוּ לְפָנָיו כְּדֵי רִשְׁעָתוֹ בְּמִסְפָּר

     v'hipiló hashofét v'hikáhu l'fanav k'de rish'ató b'mispár

     the judge shall make him lean over, and have him flogged with a fixed number of lashes for his crime.

Derived terms

• עַד כְּדֵי כָּךְ

Descendants

• → Yiddish: כּדי (kedey)

Etymology 2

Adjective

כְּדַי • (k'dái)

1. Alternative spelling of כְּדַאי