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kāda

almost, hardly, no sooner

كادَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ك ء د

Forms

Present
يَكادُ

In the library

يَكَادُ الْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَهُمْ ۖ كُلَّمَا أَضَاءَ لَهُمْ مَشَوْا فِيهِ وَإِذَا أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا ۚ وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَارِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

The Qurʾān, page 4 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ كادَيَكادُ—
she هِيَ كادَتتَكادُ—
they two (m.) هُما كادايَكادانِ—
they two (f.) هُما كادَتاتَكادانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ كادُوايَكادُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ كِدْنَيَكَدْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ كِدْتَتَكادُكادْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ كِدْتِتَكادِينَكادِي
you two أَنْتُما كِدْتُماتَكادانِكادَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ كِدْتُمتَكادُونَكادُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ كِدْتُنَّتَكَدْنَكادْنَ
I أَنا كِدْتُأَكادُ—
we نَحْنُ كِدْنانَكادُ—

From the same root

All words from ك ء د →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries
  • كَأَدَ Form I He was in an evil state, and broken
    , aor. , He was in an evil state, and broken [in spirit] by grief, or mourning; or was in grief, unhappy, sorrowful, or sad, syn. كَيأِبَ. (K.)
  • تَكَأَّدَنِى Form V It (a thing, or an affair,) was difficult to me
    and ↓ تَكَآءَدَنِى It (a thing, or an affair,) was difficult to me; it distressed, troubled, fatigued, or wearied, me. (S, L, K.) ― -b2- تكأّد الشَّىْءَ He took, or imposed, upon himself, or undertook, the thing, in spite of difficulty, trouble or inconvenience; he constrained himself to do the thing, notwithstanding it was difficult, troublesome, or inconvenient, to him. (L, K.) You say تَكَأَّدْتُ الذَّهَابَ إِلَى فُلَانٍ, meaning, I [constrained myself to go, and] went to such a one, in spite of difficulty, trouble, or inconvenience. (AZ, L.) ― -b3- He endured the thing; struggled with, or against, it; contended with its difficulty, or severity; underwent difficulties, troubles, or inconveniences, in doing it; endured, or bore, its heat and severity; syn. كَابَدَهُ, and صَلِىَ بِهِ. (IAar, L, K.)
  • تَكَاَّأَ Form VI Open entry
    see 5.
  • كَأْدَآءُ Difficulty
    Difficulty. (IAar, L, K.) ― -b2- Grief; sorrow; mourning; syn. حُزْنٌ: so accord. to the K; but accord. to IAar [and the L] fear; syn. خَوْفٌ: (TA:) and caution: (IAar, L.) ― -b3- Injustice. (K.) ― -b4- A dark night. (IAar, L, K.) ― -b5- See also كَوأُودٌ.
  • عَقَبَةٌ كَوأُودٌ A mountain-road difficult of ascent
    , (S, L, K,) and ↓ كَأْدَآءُ, (L, K,) A mountain-road difficult of ascent. (S, L, K. *) Such a road is also termed [simply] كَأْدَآءُ, and صُعَدَآءُ: [in the K it is said, that كُوأَدَآءُ is syn. with صُعَدَآءُ:] and كَوأُودٌ [in like manner, as a subst.,] signifies. a difficult place of ascent: like صَعُودٌ. (L, TA.)

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