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)

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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