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kad कद् – pejorative prefix kad-: bad; ill

particle · previx · verbal root · Word type unspecified · verb

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AYI dictionary previx

pejorative prefix kad-: bad; ill

Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

kád ·(Ved. n. acc. sgl. of ka1) nonne, num? w. neg. & caná by no means; káccid & kaccinnu = kad alone. Often °--, where it marks abnormity or defectiveness.

Monier-Williams 1872 particle · Word type unspecified · verb

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kad 2 . kad, ind. (originally the neuter form of the interrogative pronoun ka), Ved. a particle of interrogation, where? Kad is used, like kim, with the particles cana and cid (e. g. na kaccana upabdiḥ śṛṇve rathasya, not at any time or in any manner is heard the noise of thy chariot; veti divaḥ-kaccid ā, he comes from heaven now and then).

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Kad at the beginning of a compound marks the uselessness, badness or defectiveness of anything; as in the following examples.

Original text · English · verb

kad 1 . kad, cl. 1. A. kadate, -ditum, perf. cakāda, to be confused, suffer mentally; to grieve; to confound; to kill or hurt; to call; to cry or shed tears; cakāda kadanam, he accomplished a destruction; [cf. Gr. κῆδας; Goth. hatan: cf. also kand.]

Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified

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1. √kad (nom. acc. von 1. ka, zur Partikel erstarrt) 1〉 Fragewort, num ṚV. 1,105,6. ṚV. 1,121,1. kaddhà nū̱namṛ̱tā vadànto̱ anṛ̀taṃ rapema ṚV. 10,10,4. kadù brava āhano̱ vīcyā̱ nṝn ṚV. 10,10,6. kadū̀ ma̱hīradhṛ̀ṣṭā asya ṚV. 8,55,10. ṚV. 10,29,4. ṚV. 4,23,2. ṚV. 4,23,5. ṚV. 8,83,7. ṚV. 8,83,8. — 2〉 wo? NIR. 6,27. kaddhà stha havanaśrutaḥ ṚV. 8,56,5; wenn hava˚ als nom. betont würde, könnte kad als Fragewort gefasst werden. — 3〉 am Anf. eines comp. hebt kad, indem es die Angemessenheit des gebrauchten Ausdrucks in Frage stellt, das Ungewöhnliche, Abnorme Mangelhafte einer Erscheinung hervor. P. 6,3,101. fgg. VOP. 6,92. VOP. 6,96. Vgl. kattṛṇa, katpaya, kadakṣara, kadagni, kadadhvan, kadanna, kadapatya, kadartha, kadarya, kadaśva, kadākāra, kadākhya, kadindriya, kaduṣṭra, kaduṣṇa, kadratha und ka, kava, kā, kim, ku. Nach NAIGH. 3,6 (v. l. für kam) so v. a. sukha; vgl. die Erklärung von katpaya NIR. 6,3. — 4〉 BHĀG. P. 7,5,28 übersetzt BURNOUF kadadāḥ sma mā naḥ durch ne me fais pas de reproches. Hier kann kadadāḥ kaum etwas Anderes sein als eine Verbind. von kad mit der 2. sg. aor. von dā, dadāti. — 5〉 kad mit cana bedeutet auf keine Weise und dient zur Verstärkung einer andern Negation: na yorùpa̱bdiraśvyàḥ śṛ̱ṇve rathàsya̱ kacca̱na ṚV. 1,74,7. — 6〉 kad mit cid a〉 dann und wann, bisweilen (vgl. kadā und das dem kad entspr. relat. yad, welches in der älteren Sprache auch die Bedeutung von yadā hat): vetīddi̱vo ja̱nuṣā̱ kacci̱dā śucìḥ ṚV. 6,15,1. ṚV. 8,4,18. — b〉 Fragepart. wie das einfache kad, num, mit einer Neg. nonne AK. 3,5,14 (kāmapravedane). MED. avy. 28. H. 1540 (iṣṭaparipraśne). Das verb. fin. behält seinen Ton darnach P. 8,1,30. kaccinnāhīnānudeśyanyastārtvijyanītadakṣiṇānāmanyatamaḥ ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 5,1,10. kacciddṛṣṭā tvayā rājandamayantī N. 4,24. N. 12,20. N. 12,39. VIŚV. 2,7—VIŚV. 2,9. ŚĀK. 82,10. ad. 191. MEGH. 83. MEGH. 112. PAÑCAT. III, 66. yeṣāṃ kuśalakāmāsi te 'pi kaccidanāmayāḥ DRAUP. 4,10. R. 3,1,6. kaccidbhagavatāṃ ramyaṃ tapovanamidaṃ nṛpaḥ . bhavetprāpto nalo nāma niṣadhānāṃ janādhipaḥ .. N. 12,62. kaccittu nāparādhaṃ te kṛtavānasmi naiṣadha . ajñātavāsaṃ vasato madgṛhe N. 25,8. DRAUP. 6,12. MBH. 3,247. R. 1,74,20. putra vyādhirna te kacciccharīraṃ prativādhate R. 2,87,9. kaccinnu R. 3,1,5.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

2. √kad mit dem perf. cakāda in der Verb. cakāda kadanam er richtete eine Vernichtung an R. 6,65,23. kad, kádate als Var. von kand, kándate DHĀTUP. 19,10.

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1. √kad 4〉 Schol. kat kutsitaṃ doṣaṃ mā sma adāḥ.

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1. √kad 6〉b〉 num und nonne zu versetzen. Vgl. noch RAGH. 5,5. RAGH. 5,6. RAGH. 6,35. MĀLAV. 10,4.

Böhtlingk 1879 verbal root · Word type unspecified

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2. *√kad , kadate (vaiklavye, vaikalye). cakāda kadanam R. 6,65,23 wohl nur Druckfehler für cakāra ka˚, wie ed. Bomb. 6,86,24 liest.

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1. kád — 1〉 ved. Nom. Acc. Sg. n. von 1. ka. — 2〉 nonne, num. — 3〉 wo? (zweifelhaft). — 4〉 etwas Böses, — Schlimmes BHĀG. P. — 5〉 *= sukha. — 6〉 am Anfange eines Comp. als Ausdruck der Schlechtigkeit oder Geringheit. — 7〉 mit caná und einer vorangehenden Negation auf keine Weise. — 8〉 Mit cid — a〉 je und je. — b〉 nonne, num. Mit nachfolgendem [Page2-010-c] nu dass.

Whitney Roots 1885 verbal root

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kad — destroy

Apte 1890 particle · verbal root

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kad ind. [kad-kvip] Ved. A particle of interrogation, ‘where’. This particle which is a substitute for the word ku is often used as the first member of a comp. and expresses the senses of badness, littleness, deterioration, uselessness, defectiveness &c. of anything. Comp. — akṣaraṃ 1 a bad letter. 2 bad writing. — agniḥ a little fire. — adhvan a bad road. — annaṃ bad food. — apatyaṃ a bad child, bad posterity. — abhyāsaḥ a bad habit or custom. — artha a. 1 useless, unmeaning. 2 having what purpose or aim? — (rthaḥ) a useless thing. — arthanaṃ, -nā troubling, tormenting, torture. — arthayati Den. P. 1 to despise, slight. 2 to trouble, torment; Bh. 3. 100; N. 8. 75. — arthita a. 1 despised, disdained, slighted; kadarthitasyāpi hi dhairyavṛtterna śakyate dhairyaguṇaḥ pramāṃrṣṭu Bh. 2. 106. 2 tormented, teased; āḥ ([Page 0374-c]) kadarthito'hamebhirvāraṃvāraṃ vīrasaṃvādavighnakāribhiḥ U. 5. 3 insignificant, mean. 4 bad, vile. — arthīkṛ 8 U. to disdain, despise. — arthīkṛta a. 1 despised, disdained. 2 rendered useless and unavailing. — arya a. 1 avaricious, miserly. 2 little, insignificant, mean. 3 bad, disagreeable. — (ryaḥ) a miser; Ms. 4. 210, Ms. 4. 224; Y. 1. 161. ˚tā-tvaṃ 1 avarice. 2 insignificance. 3 badness. ˚bhāvaḥ avarice, stinginess. — aśvaḥ a bad horse. — ākāra a. deformed, ugly. — ācāra a. following evil practices, wicked, depraved. — (raḥ) bad conduct. — iṃdriyaṃ a bad organ of sense. — uṣṭraḥ a bad camel. — uṣṇa (also koṣṇa) a. tepid, lukewarm. — (ṣṇaṃ) lukewarmness. — tṛṇaṃ 1 a fragrant grass. 2 the plant kuṃbhikā. — toyaṃ an intoxicating drink, wine. — tri m. pl. three inferior articles. — rathaḥ a bad chariot or carriage; yudhi kadrathavadbhīmaṃ babhaṃja dhvajaśālinaṃ Bk. 5. 103. — vada a. 1 speaking ill or inaccurately or indistinctly; yena jātaṃ priyāpāye kadvadaṃ haṃsakokilaṃ Bk. 6. 75; vāgvidāṃ varamakadvado nṛpaḥ Śi. 14. 1. 2 vile, contemptible.

Original text · English · verbal root

kad I. 4 A. (kadyate) To be confounded or confused, to suffer mentally. II. 1 A. (kadate) also 1 P. 1 To cry, to weep or shed tears. 2 To grieve. 3 To call. 4 To kill or hurt; see kaṃd.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kád was? (ved. n. Sgl. von 1. ka) ; interr. =num, nonne (bes mit cid = káccid); (˚—) schlecht, gering; nach Neg. mit caná auf keine Weise.

Burnouf 1866 verbal root

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*kad kad ou kand. kandāmi, kande et kade 1; p. cakanda; etc. Crier; appeler; pleurer, gémir. Gr. ϰῆδος; goth. hatan. — Cf. kadayāmi et kandayāmi.

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 1.58-1.63: Mitāhāra 1 occurrence

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