כד

Aramaic

Etymology

Contraction of כְּדִי (kəḏī), from כְּ־ (kə-, “like/as”) + דִּי (dī, “that”), equivalent to כְּ־ (kə-, “like/as”) + דְּ־ (də-, “that”).

Conjunction

כַּד • (kaḏ)

  1. when, as

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
כ־ד־ד (k-d-d)
1 term

Ultimately Sanskrit कन्दु (kandu, “pot”) and ultimately Proto-South Dravidian *kiṇṭV- (“pot”). Compare Ugaritic 𐎋𐎄 (kd), Aramaic 𐡊𐡃 (kd), Punic 𐤊𐤃 (kd), Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos).

Noun

כַּד • (kad) m (plural indefinite כַּדִּים, plural construct כַּדֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. jar, pitcher, pot
    • 1956, Aharon Ashman, A Small Pot:
      כַּד קָטָן, כַּד קָטָן, \ שְׁמוֹנָה יָמִים שַׁמְנוֹ נָתַן. \ כָּל הָעָם הִתְפַּלֵּא, \ מֵאֵלָיו הוּא מִתְמַלֵּא.
      A small pot, a small pot, / eight days it gave its oil. / The whole nation wondered, / it fills up by itself
  2. vase

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