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(س) كَادَ يَكَادُ كَوْدًاkāda yakādu kawdan (original form: كَوِدَ يَكْوَدُkawida yakwadu): to come very close to doing something without doing it (one of the verbs of approach, afʿāl al-muqārabah). ﴿يَكَادُ الْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ اَبْصَارَهُمْ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:20); ﴿يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِيْٓءُ﴾ (An-Nūr 24:35); ﴿اِنَّ السَّاعَةَ اٰتِيَةٌ اَكَادُ اُخْفِيْهَا﴾ (Ṭā Hā 20:15)Note: when it occurs in the perfect with a negation, the sense is that the act was done only with difficulty: ﴿فَذَبَحُوْهَا وَمَا كَادُوْا يَفْعَلُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:71)