Rizwan Zubair

Root ک د ی k-d-y

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ک د یk-d-y

(ض) كَدَيٰ يَكْدِيْ كَدْيًاkadā yakdī kadyan: in digging a well, to reach hard rock and find no water. (This verb is not used in the Quran.)

Form IV (ifʿāl) أَكْدَيٰ يُكْدِيْ إِكْدَاءًakdā yukdī ikdāʾan: to stop giving, to hold back one's hand — the original sense is that same rock: he gave a little at first, then stopped. Only once in the Quran: ﴿وَأَعْطٰى قَلِيْلًا وَّأَكْدٰى﴾ (An-Najm 53:34).

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