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كذا

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root primarily deals with demonstrative pronouns and indefinite references, often used to indicate something unspecified or to stand in for a noun whose identity is not explicitly stated. It functions similarly to 'such and such' or 'this and that' in English.

Derived headwords

كَذَاnoun
  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

تقول: فعلت كذا.
You say: I did such and such.
وقد يجري مجرى كم فتنصب
And it may function like 'kam' (how much/many) and thus be in the accusative case.