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كَدّ
to toil /ˈkadd/
verbB1#2283 most common
Also: to labor hard, to exert oneself, to work strenuously
Example sentences
أَنا أَكُدُّ كُلَّ يَوم.
I toil every day.
كَدَّ الفَلّاحُ في الحَقل.
The farmer toiled in the field.
يَكُدُّ الأَبُ لِيُطعِمَ أَولادَه.
The father toils to feed his children.
كَدَّت طَوالَ اللَّيلِ حَتّى أَنهَت العَمَل.
She toiled all night until she finished the work.
لا يَنالُ المَرءُ النَّجاحَ إِلّا إِذا كَدَّ وَاجتَهَد.
One attains success only if he toils and strives.
كَدَّ الرِّجالُ في المَناجِمِ سَنَواتٍ طِوالاً دونَ أَن يَشكوا مِنَ التَّعَب.
The men toiled in the mines for long years without complaining of fatigue.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَكُدُّ | كَدَدتُ | سَأَكُدُّ |
| 2sg | تَكُدُّ | كَدَدتَ | سَتَكُدُّ |
| 3sg | يَكُدُّ | كَدَّ | سَيَكُدُّ |
| 1pl | نَكُدُّ | كَدَدنا | سَنَكُدُّ |
| 2pl | تَكُدّونَ | كَدَدتُم | سَتَكُدّونَ |
| 3pl | يَكُدّونَ | كَدّوا | سَيَكُدّونَ |
Word family
كَدّtoil, hard effort
كَدودhardworking, industrious
كادّone who toils
مَكدودworn out, exhausted by toil
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral Arabic root ك-د-د, which carries the sense of hard, wearing labor. The doubled final radical gives the geminate form kadda. It is native Semitic vocabulary and appears in classical Arabic poetry describing physical toil.
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