ܟܕ

Inherited from Aramaic [script needed] (kaḏ), from [script needed] (k, “like”)+[script needed] (d, “that”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [kað]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [kɪd]

ܟܲܕ݂ • (kaḏ)

1. when, while (The time at, on or during which)

   Synonyms: ܐܝܼܡܲܢ (īman), ܘ- (w-)

   ܒܸܕ ܐܵܙܲܠ݇ܚ ܟܲܕ݂ ܦܵܐܹܫ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ

   bid āzaḥ kaḏ pāˀēš yawmā

   we will go when it’s day

2. Since; given the fact that; considering that, when

   ܕܲܐܟ݂ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܬ ܢܵܨܚܸܬ ܟܲܕ݂ ܦܘܼܠܚܵܢܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܬ ܕܦܵܠܚܸܬ؟

   daˀḵ kē bāˁēt nāṣḥit kaḏ pulḥānā lā kē bāˁēt dpālḥit?

   How can you expect to succeed when you don’t even want to work?

   ܟܲܕ݂ ܐܲܢ݇ܬ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܡܲܨܝܬ݂ܸܬ ܐܸܠܝܼ ܡܵܐ ܥܵܒ݂ܕ݂ܸܢ ܠܘܼܟ݂؟

   kaḏ at lā kē maṣiṯit ilī mā ˁāḇḏin lōḵ?

   What am I supposed to do for you considering that you don’t even want to listen to me?

• ܡ̣ܢ ܟܲܕ݂ (min kaḏ, “from the time that…”)