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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 14:17:3

يَكَادُ

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
يَكَادُ Quranic text
Simple
يَكَادُ
Without tashkeel
يكاد
Normalised (searchable)
يكاد

Position

Computed
Verse
14:17
Word in verse
3
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:14:17:3

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Transliteration
yakādu
Lemma
كادَ
Part of speech
Verb (V)
Features
tense: IMPFmood: INDperson: 3gender: Mnumber: singularverb_form: 1family: كَاد

Sub-word segments

  1. يَكَادُstem · V · ك و د

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In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 14:17 — the whole verse this word appears in — not this word alone. The correspondence is verse-level: no word-level alignment of translations exists for these editions, so we do not claim which English word renders this Arabic word. Compare the editions →

He will guzzle it, but he will not swallow it. Death will come at him from every direction, but he will not die. And beyond this is relentless suffering
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Which he sippeth but can hardly swallow, and death cometh unto him from every side while yet he cannot die, and before him is a harsh doom
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
He shall sup it and scarce swallow it for loathing; and Death shall assail him on every side, but he shall not die: and before him shall be seen a grievous torment
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
He shall try to swallow it, but cannot gulp it down; and death shall come upon him from every place, and yet he shall not die; and behind him shall be rigorous woe
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 6 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form يَكَادُ appears 6 times in the corpus.

Root ك و د · 24 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root ك و د occurs 24 times across 10 distinct forms.

See the full root page for ك و د

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