כדי
Appearance
See also: כּדי
Aramaic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]כְּדִּי • (k'di)
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) + דַּי (day, “sufficient”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /keˈdej/
Adverb
[edit]כְּדֵי • (k'dei)
- in order: specifies a purpose
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Berachot 1:1:
- אִם כֵּן, לָמָּה אָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים עַד חֲצוֹת, כְּדֵי לְהַרְחִיק אֶת הָאָדָם מִן הָעֲבֵרָה:
- Im ken, lamah ʾamru ḥakhamim ʿad ḥatsot? K'dei l'harḥiq ʾet haʾadam min haʿaverah.
- If so, why did the Sages say "until midnight?" In order to distance humankind from transgression.
Usage notes
[edit]Followed by לְ־ (l-, “to”), meaning "in order to", or שֶׁ־ (she-, “that”), meaning "in order that".
Preposition
[edit]כְּדֵי • (k'de)
- sufficient or appropriate for, sufficiently or appropriately for
- אָכַל כְּדֵי צָרְכּוֹ ― achál k'de tsorkó ― he ate so as to suffice for his need
- כְּדֵי שְׁתִיַת רְבִיעִית ― k'de sh'tiyát r'viít ― sufficient [time] for the drinking of a quarter[-log]
- Tanach, Deuteronomy 25:2, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:
- וְהִפִּילוֹ הַשֹּׁפֵט וְהִכָּהוּ לְפָנָיו כְּדֵי רִשְׁעָתוֹ בְּמִסְפָּר
- v'hipiló hashofét v'hikáhu l'fanav k'de rish'ató b'mispár
- the judge shall make him lean over, and have him flogged with a fixed number of lashes for his crime.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Yiddish: כּדי (kedey)
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]כְּדַי • (k'dái)
- Alternative spelling of כְּדַאי