كد

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كد^¹

verb كَدَّ · kadda · يَكُدُّ · كَدّ · كَادّ

to work hard, to toil, to exert oneself, to slog وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْحَيَوَانِ صُلْبًا يَرْعَى فِي ٱلْمَرَاعِي ٱلْيَابِسَةِ ٱلصُّلْبَةِ وَيَكُدُّ فِي ٱلْأَعْمَالِ ٱلصَّعْبَةِ فَإِنَّهَا أَصْلَبُ وَأَبْطَأُ ٱسْتِمْرَاءً
to make weary, to tire, to goad لَا بُدَّ أَنَّهُ شَيْءٌ مَوْجُودٌ، مِنْ حَجَرٍ وَتُرَابٍ وَمَاءٍ وَسَمَاءٍ، وَلَيْسَتْ مِثْلَمَا تَهُومُ فِي رَأْسِهِ ٱلْمَكْدُودِ
obsolete to scratch off, to scrape

noun كَدّ · kadd · كُدُود · الْكَدّ

noun from verb, uncountable, usually verbal noun of كَدَّ (kadda) (form I)
uncountable, usually toil, fatigue, assiduity

كد^²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Aramaic כּדּא (kaddā, “pot, pitcher”), ultimately from Old Tamil 𑀓𑀺𑀡𑁰𑀝𑀺 (kiṇṭi, “pitcher pot”). Doublet of قَادُوس (qādūs).

noun كَدّ · kadd · الْكَدّ · كَدٌّ

obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually mortar
Similar: هَاوُن, جُرْن, مِهْرَاس

In English

toil to labour, to work

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {كد},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D8%AF},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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