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кад

//kâd/ | /kâːd/ | /kâd//
Serbo-Croatianconjadvnoun
Latinica: kadone entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 1.
    when
    • Кад ћеш доћи?

      When will you come?

    • Не знам кад ћу стићи на састанак.

      I don't know when I will arrive at the meeting.

    • Само што је пала ноћ, кад поче киша.

      The night had just fallen, when the rain began.

  2. 2.
    if (= да)
    • Кад бих само имао мало више слободног времена...

      If only I had a little more free time...

  3. 3.
    in miscellaneous constructs
    • кад(а) год

      whenever

    • мало кад

      rarely

    • кад-тад

      sooner or later

  4. 4.
    ever (compare и̏кад)
    • Да ли си кад био у Бечу?

      Have you ever been to Vienna?

  5. 5.
    sometimes (compare не̏кад)
    • како кад, кад како

      sometimes this way, sometimes that way

    • Идем на посао кад трамвајем, кад аутобусом.

      I go to work sometimes by tram, and sometimes by bus.

  6. 6.
    incense

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
  • ка̀дило

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kogъda, a compound of *ko (from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos) and *gъda, genitive singular of *godъ (compare Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ, “right time”)), thus originally meaning "at what time".

Forms

  • ка̏дcanonical
  • kȁdromanization
  • ка̀даalternative
  • кьтalternative • torlakian

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