kad
IbanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kad
IdoEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ka (often used before a consonant)
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Sanskrit कदा (kadā), Japanese か (ka).
PronunciationEdit
ParticleEdit
kad
- whether, if
- Me dubitas kad il venos. ― I doubt whether he will come.
- used at the beginning of a sentence to turn it into a question
- Kad il amas me? ― Does he love me?
LatvianEdit
AdverbEdit
kad
LithuanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷod.
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
kàd
LivonianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ka'd (Courland)
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *kadeh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skaþiz. Cognates include Finnish kade.
AdjectiveEdit
kad
NounEdit
kad
MalayEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kad (Jawi spelling کد, plural kad-kad, informal 1st possessive kadku, 2nd possessive kadmu, 3rd possessive kadnya)
- card (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.)
Alternative formsEdit
- kartu (Indonesia)
Further readingEdit
- “kad” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
kȁd (Cyrillic spelling ка̏д)
- (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.
- (subjunctive only) if, if only (= da)
- Kad bih samo imao malo više slobodnog vremena. ― If only I had a little more free time.
- 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 notesEdit
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.
AdverbEdit
kȁd (Cyrillic spelling ка̏д)
- (informal, shortening of ikad) ever
- Jesi li kad bio u Beču? ― Have you ever been to Vienna?
- (informal, shortening of ponekad) sometimes
- Idem na posao kad tramvajem, kad autobusom. ― I go to work sometimes by tram, and sometimes by bus.
- 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.”)
SynonymsEdit
- gda (Croatia)
Further readingEdit
- “kad” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Slavic *kadъ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kȃd m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑д)
DeclensionEdit
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | kad |
genitive | kada |
dative | kadu |
accusative | kad |
vocative | kade |
locative | kadu |
instrumental | kadom |
Further readingEdit
- “kad” in Hrvatski jezični portal
SloveneEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *kadь (“cask”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κάδιον (kádion).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kȁd f
InflectionEdit
Feminine, i-stem, mobile accent | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | kàd | ||
gen. sing. | kadí | ||
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 |
Further readingEdit
- “kad”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Distorted abbreviation of French cathéter à demeure.
NounEdit
kad c
- (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?
- (colloquial) an IUC, indwelling urinary catheter