Quran glossary · draft

كدي

stop short

To cease an undertaking after only a little.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: كدي

Lemmas: أكدى

Forms: أَكْدَىٰٓ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

53:34

وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole form IV perfect follows the statement that a person gave only a little. The coordinated sequence directly constrains the event as an early cessation, with giving supplied by the preceding verb rather than added as a second core.