indeclinable interr. adv. when? (very often foll. by fut.) Thag.1091–Thag.1106; Ja.ii.212; Ja.vi.46); Dhp-a.i.33; Pv-a.2
■ combined with-ssu Ja.v.103, Ja.v.215; Ja.vi.49 sq -ci [cid] indef.

1. at some time AN.iv.101.
2. sometimes Ja.i.98; Pv-a.271.
3. once upon a time Dāvs i.30.
4. perhaps, may be Ja.i.297; Ja.vi.364.

+ eva kadācideva Vv-a.213; -kadāci kadāci from time to time, every now and then Ja.i.216; Ja.iv.120; Dhs-a.238; Pv-a.253. -kadāci karahaci at some time or other, at times AN.i.179; Mil.73; Dhp-a.iii.362. -[na kadāci](/define/na kadāci) at no time, never SN.i.66; Ja.v.434; Ja.vi.363; same with mā k Ja.vi.310; Mhvs.25, Mhvs.113; cp. kudācana
■ kadāc -uppattika (adj.) happening only sometimes, occasional Mil.114.

Vedic kadā. Cp. tadā, sadā in Pali, and perhaps Latin quando