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kad

//kâd/ | /kâːd/ | /kâd//
Serbo-Croatianconjadvnoun
Ћирилица: кадone entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 1.
    when
    • Kad ćeš doći?

      When will you come?

    • Ne znam kad ću stići na sastanak.

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

    • Vjetar je prestao puhati baš kad je počelo kišiti.

      The wind stopped blowing just when it began raining.

  2. 2.
    if, if only (= da)
    • Kad bih samo imao malo više slobodnog vremena.

      If only I had a little more free time.

  3. 3.
    used in miscellaneous phrases relating to time
    • kad god

      whenever

    • malo kad

      rarely

    • kad-tad

      sooner or later

  4. 4.
    informalever
    • Jesi li kad bio u Beču?

      Have you ever been to Vienna?

  5. 5.
    informalsometimes
    • Idem na posao kad tramvajem, kad autobusom.

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

  6. 6.
    incense

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms

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

  • kȁdcanonical
  • ка̏дcyrillic
  • kàdaalternative
  • kătalternative • torlakian

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