כדאי

See also: כּדאַי and כֿדאי

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• כְּדַי (k'dái)

Etymology

From כְּ־ (k'-) +‎ דַּי (dai). The first sense is attested since Talmudic times; the second, since Modern times.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈdaj/ (Modern Hebrew)

Adjective

כְּדַאי • (k'dái) (feminine כְּדָאִית, masculine plural כְּדָאִים, feminine plural כְּדָאִיּוֹת)

1. Fitting, suitable.
2. Convenient, desirable, worthwhile (impersonal).

Descendants

• → Yiddish: כּדאַי (keday)

References

• “כְּדַאי, כְּדַי” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 523.