כדאי
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Hebrew[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- כְּדַי (k'dái)
Etymology[edit]
From כְּ־ (k'-) + דַּי (dai). The first sense is attested since Talmudic times; the second, since Modern times.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
כְּדַאי • (k'dái) (feminine כְּדָאִית, masculine plural כְּדָאִים, feminine plural כְּדָאִיּוֹת)
- Fitting, suitable.
- Convenient, desirable, worthwhile (impersonal).
Descendants[edit]
- → Yiddish: כּדאַי (keday)
References[edit]
- “כְּדַאי, כְּדַי” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 523.