kad

See also: kʼad, kád, and káď

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IdoEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• ka (often used before a consonant)

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kad/

ParticleEdit

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?

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LatvianEdit

AdverbEdit

kad

1. when
2. once

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LithuanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷod.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [kɐd]

ConjunctionEdit

kàd

1. that

   Aš manau, kad ji graži.

   I think that she is beautiful.

2. when
3. 'cause
4. so as to, in order to
   • 2007, Jurga, Angelai

     Tupi angelai užsimerkę, kad nematytų ką darai.

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

SynonymsEdit

• (when): kada, kai
• (because): kadangi, nes
• (in order to): idant

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LojbanEdit

RafsiEdit

kad

1. rafsi of kandi.

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MalayEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English card

NounEdit

kad

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

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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 formsEdit

• kàda
• (Torlakian) kăt

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kâd/

ConjunctionEdit

kȁd (Cyrillic spelling ка̏д)

1. (interrogative) when

   Kad ćeš doći? — When will you come?

2. 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 night has just fallen, when the rain began.

3. if

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

4. in miscellaneous constructs

   kad(a) god — whenever

   malo kad — rarely

   kad-tad — sooner or later

   (t)ko zna kad — who knows when

AdverbEdit

kȁd (Cyrillic spelling ка̏д)

1. ever (compare ȉkad)

   Da li si kad bio u Beču? — Have you ever been to Vienna?

2. 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

3. 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.

SynonymsEdit

• (Croatia) gda

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Slavic *kadъ.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kâːd/

NounEdit

kȃd m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑д)

1. incense

DeclensionEdit

Declension of kad

	singular
nominative	kad
genitive	kada
dative	kadu
accusative	kad
vocative	kade
locative	kadu
instrumental	kadom

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SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic, from Ancient Greek.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkát/
• Tonal orthography: kȁd

NounEdit

kàd f (genitive kadí, nominative plural kadí)

1. tub

DeclensionEdit

Declension of kàd (feminine, i-stem, mobile accent)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kàd	kadí	kadí
accusative	kàd	kadí	kadí
genitive	kadí	kadí	kadí
dative	kádi	kadéma	kadém
locative	kádi	kadéh	kadéh
instrumental	kadjó	kadéma	kadmí