كاد

From the root ك و د‎ (k-w-d).

كَادَ • (kāda) I, non-past يَكَادُ‎‎ (yakādu)

1. to almost do something (with following non-past)

   ‏كِدْتُ أَذْهَبُ‎ ― kidtu ʾaḏhabu ― I almost went

2. to be about to do something (with أَن‎ (ʾan) + subjunctive)

   ‏كِدْتُ أَن أَذْهَبَ‎ ― kidtu ʾan ʾaḏhaba ― I was about to go

3. to hardly do something (negated, with following non-past)

   ‏لَا أَكَادُ أَذْهَبُ‎ ― lā ʾakādu ʾaḏhabu ― I will hardly ever go

4. as soon as (negated, with following non-past)

   ‏لَم أَكَدْ أَذْهَبُ‎ ― lam ʾakad ʾaḏhabu ― as soon as I had gone

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “كود”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “كود”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From the root ك ي د‎ (k-y-d).

كَادَ • (kāda) I, non-past يَكِيدُ‎‎ (yakīdu)

1. to plot, to scheme (لِـ‎ (li-) against)
2. to plan or intend to commit crime
3. to deceive, to fool