See also: گاڈ

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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A root ك و د (k-w-d) hasn’t developed. The term is suggested as a borrowing from Old South Arabian 𐩫𐩵 (kd, to almost do, form I), related to 𐩫𐩵 (kd, to treacherously endanger; to start a prosecution against, form II).

Verb

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كَادَ (kāda) I (non-past يَكَادُ (yakādu), verbal noun كَوْد (kawd) or مَكَاد (makād) or مَكَادَة (makāda))

  1. to almost do something (with following non-past or with أَن (ʔan) + subjunctive)
    Synonyms: أَوْشَكَ (ʔawšaka), (rare) كَرَبَ (karaba)
    كِدْتُ أَذْهَبُkidtu ʔaḏhabuI almost went
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:20:
      يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَهُمْ
      yakādu l-barqu yaḵṭafu ʔabṣārahum
      It is as if the lightning almost snatched away their sight.
  2. to hardly do something (negated, with following non-past)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:71:
      فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
      faḏabaḥūhā wamā kādū yafʕalūna
      They slaughtered her, but they hardly brought themselves to do it.
  3. as soon as (negated, with following non-past)
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References
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  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1126
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كاد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 69a
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “كاد”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 941b
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “كود”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 900
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “كود”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 991

Etymology 2

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Root
ك ي د (k y d)
2 terms

Verb

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كَادَ (kāda) I (non-past يَكِيدُ (yakīdu), verbal noun كَيْد (kayd) or مَكِيدَة (makīda))

  1. to plot, to scheme [with لِ (li) ‘against someone/something’]
  2. to plan or intend to commit crime
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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كاد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[4] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 73b