Arabic

Verb

كَادَ • ‎(kāda) I, non-past يَكَادُ‎ (yakādu)

1. to almost do something (with following non-past)

   كِدْتُ أَذْهَبُ‎ ― kidtu ʾaḏhabu ― I almost went

2. to be about to do something (with أَن ‎(ʾan) + subjunctive)

   كِدْتُ أَن أَذْهَبَ‎ ― kidtu ʾan ʾaḏhaba ― I was about to go

3. to hardly do something (negated, with following non-past)

   لَا أَكَادُ أَذْهَبُ‎ ― lā ʾakādu ʾaḏhabu ― I will hardly ever go

4. as soon as (negated, with following non-past)

   لَم أَكَدْ أَذْهَبُ‎ ― lam ʾakad ʾaḏhabu ― as soon as I had gone

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “كود”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “كود”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4