كَيْد
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Also written كاد: كَادَ (to plot)
Highlights
Present tense
يَكَادُ
Verbal nouns
كَوْد، مَكَاد، مَكَادَة
Most common words from the same root
كَادَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to almost do something (with following non-past or with أَن (ʔan) + subjunctive)
كِدْتُ أَذْهَبُI almost wentيَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَهُمْIt is as if the lightning almost snatched away their sight.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:20
- to hardly do something (negated, with following non-past)
فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا يَفْعَلُونَThey slaughtered her, but they hardly brought themselves to do it.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:71
- as soon as (negated, with following non-past)
Word origin
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).
Words from the root ك-ي-د
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
كَادَ
· present يَكِيدُ
Form I · The plain action
to plot, to scheme; to plan or intend to commit crime
مَكِيدَة
كَائِد
مَكِيد
كَادَ
· present يَكَادُ
Form I · The plain action
to almost do something (with following non-past or with أَن (ʔan) + subjunctive); to hardly do something (negated, with following non-past); as soon as (negated, with following non-past)
كَوْد
مَكَاد
مَكَادَة
كَادَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | كِدْتُ | أَكَادُ | أَكَادَ | أَكَدْ |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | كِدْتَ | تَكَادُ | تَكَادَ | تَكَدْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | كِدْتِ | تَكَادِينَ | تَكَادِي | تَكَادِي |
| هُوَ he | كَادَ | يَكَادُ | يَكَادَ | يَكَدْ |
| هِيَ she | كَادَتْ | تَكَادُ | تَكَادَ | تَكَدْ |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | كِدْتُمَا | تَكَادَانِ | تَكَادَا | تَكَادَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | كَادَا | يَكَادَانِ | يَكَادَا | يَكَادَا |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | كَادَتَا | تَكَادَانِ | تَكَادَا | تَكَادَا |
| نَحْنُ we | كِدْنَا | نَكَادُ | نَكَادَ | نَكَدْ |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | كِدْتُمْ | تَكَادُونَ | تَكَادُوا | تَكَادُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | كِدْتُنَّ | تَكَدْنَ | تَكَدْنَ | تَكَدْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | كَادُوا | يَكَادُونَ | يَكَادُوا | يَكَادُوا |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | كِدْنَ | يَكَدْنَ | يَكَدْنَ | يَكَدْنَ |
| Verbal noun | كَوْد، مَكَاد، مَكَادَة |
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كَادَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to almost do something
كِدْتُ أَذْهَبُI almost went
to almost do something
يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَهُمْIt is as if the lightning almost snatched away their sight.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:20
to hardly do something
فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا يَفْعَلُونَThey slaughtered her, but they hardly brought themselves to do it.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:71
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