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kdy adv. for nothing, of no value
√ kdy adv.
for nothing, of no value
JBA
BT Tan 5b(39)↗ כדי ספדו ספדייא וחנטו חנטיא‏ : had the mourners wailed and the embalmers embalmed for nothing?
(1)
דכדי : adj. : of no value
JBA
BT Bek 8b(30)↗ מילי דכדי‏ ; BT Bek 8b(32)↗ הני נינהו מילי {דברי} <דכדי>‏ : these are worthless words †
(2)
כדי לא : nothing at all
JBAmb
JBABowl 142.1:12↗ שטא רבא דאסו כדי לא אית ליה‏ : a great scourge that has no healing whatsoever
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DJBA asserts that this is the same word as kdyb "false". We think rather it is simply another usage of kdy #2 "merely, just because".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 553b
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