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kad

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kadara.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kadara terms

Borrowed from English card.

• IPA(key): /kad/

kad

1. card

• ka (often used before a consonant)

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

• IPA(key): /kad/

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?

kad

1. when
2. once

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷod.

• IPA(key): [kɐd]

kàd

1. that
   Aš manau, kad ji graži. ― I think that she is beautiful.
2. when
   Synonyms: kada, kai
3. 'cause
   Synonyms: kadangi, nes
   Turėk kad patinka. ― Have it as you like it.
4. so as to, in order to
   Synonym: idant

From Proto-Finnic *kadëh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skaþiz. Cognates include Finnish kade.

• IPA(key): /ˈkɑˀd/, [ˈkɑˀd̥]

ka’d (comparative (ve’l) jo ka’d, superlative amā ka’d)

1. envious

ka’d

1. envy

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “ka'd”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Borrowed from English card, from Middle English carde (“playing card”), from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “paper, papyrus”). Doublet of carta and kertas.

• IPA(key): /ˈkad/ [ˈkat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Hyphenation: kad

kad (Jawi spelling کد, plural **kad-kad or **kad2)

1. A card (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.).
   Synonym: kartu (Indonesian)

• e-kad

• kad ahli (“membership card”)

• kad caj (“charge card”)

• kad debit (“debit card”)

• kad Hari Raya

• kad ingatan (“memory card”)

• kad jaminan (“warranty card”)

• kad jemputan, kad undangan (“invitation card”)

• kad kiu

• kad kredit (“credit card”)

• kad kuning (“yellow card”)

• kad merah (“red card”)

• kad panggilan

• kad pengenalan (“identification card”)

• kad pintar (“smart card”)

• kad tebuk

• "kad" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [_Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)_] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Inherited 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".

• kàda
• kăt (Torlakian)
• IPA(key): /kâd/

kȁd (Cyrillic spelling ка̏д)

1. (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.
2. (subjunctive only) if, if only (= da)
   Kad bih samo imao malo više slobodnog vremena. ― If only I had a little more free time.
3. 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

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.

• “kad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

kȁd (Cyrillic spelling ка̏д)

1. (informal, shortening of ikad) ever
   Jesi li kad bio u Beču? ― Have you ever been to Vienna?
2. (informal, shortening of ponekad) sometimes
   Idem na posao kad tramvajem, kad autobusom. ― I go to work sometimes by tram, and sometimes by bus.
3. 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.”)

• gda (Croatia)
• “kad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kadъ.

• IPA(key): /kâːd/

kȃd m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̑д)

1. incense
   Synonym: kàdilo

Declension of kad

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

• “kad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kadь (“cask”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κάδιον (kádion). First attested in the 16th century.

• IPA(key): /kát/

kȁd f

1. tub

• “kad”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Distorted abbreviation of French cathéter à demeure.

kad c

1. (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?
2. (colloquial) an IUC, indwelling urinary catheter