ܟܕܘ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, a contraction of ܟܕ (kaḏ, “as, when”) + ܗܘ (hū, “[it] is”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [kad.duː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃaːduː]

Adverb

ܟܲܕܘܼ • (kadū)

1. enough, sufficiently, adequate, no more

   Synonym: ܒܲܣܵܐ (bassā)

   ܦܠܝܼܚܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܟܲܕܘܼ، ܒܸܬ ܢܵܝܚܹܢ ܐܵܕܝܼܵܐ. ― plīḥā ìwen kadū, bit nāyḥēn ādīyā. ― I’ve worked enough, I will rest now.

   ܐܲܢ݇ܬ ܫܲܠܡܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܟܲܕܘܼ ܕܝܵܕ݂ܥܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ. ― at šalmā ìwet kadū d-yāḏˁītōn yatīr ṭāḇā. ― You are old enough to know better.

2. quite, fairly, pretty

   ܗܵܢܵܐ ܟܲܕܘܼ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ. ― hānā kadū ṭāḇā ìlēh. ― This is quite good!

   ܒܸܚܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܟܲܕܘܼ ܒܝܼܵܗ̇. ― biḥḏāyā ìwen kadū bīyāh. ― I’m pretty happy with it.

3. yet, already, so far, long since

   Synonyms: ܥܲܕ݂ܠܵܐ (ˁaḏlā), ܟܒ݂ܲܪ (kḇar)

Derived terms

• ܡ̣ܢ ܟܲܕܘܼ (min kadū)

Interjection

ܟܲܕܘܼ • (kadū)

1. enough!, stop it!

   Synonyms: ܒܲܣܵܐ (bassā), ܚܲܠܵܨ (ḥallāṣ)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

A contraction of ܟܕ (kaḏ, “as, when”) + ܗܘ ([h]ū, “[it] is”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaddu]

Adverb

ܟܕܘ • (transliteration needed)

1. sufficiently, enough, no more
2. yet, already, so far, long since

References

• “kdw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 151b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 205a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pp. 599b-600a