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كذا

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root primarily deals with indication and reference, specifically functioning as a pronoun or demonstrative to denote an unspecified thing or number. It is used to refer to something vaguely or to quantify an amount.

Derived headwords

كَذَاother
  1. 1.
    an allusion to somethingboth

    an allusion to something

  2. 2.
    it is an allusion to a number, and what follows it is in the accusative as a specificationboth

    it is an allusion to a number, and what follows it is in the accusative as a specification

Parallel reading

كَذَا، كناية عن الشئ
Such and such, a substitute for a thing.
فعلت كذا وكذا
I did such and such.
تكون كناية عن العدد فتنصب ما بعدها على التمييز
It can be a substitute for a number, and what follows it is منصوب (accusative) as a specification (tamyiz).
له عندي كذا درهما
He has from me such and such dirhams.
كما تقول له عندي عشرون درهما
Just as you say, he has from me twenty dirhams.