לא בכדי
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From לֹא (lo, “not”) + ב־ (b'-, “in, for”) + Aramaic כְּדִי (k'dí), the latter probably a shortening of כְּדִיב (k'div) cognate with Hebrew כָּזָב (kazav).[1]
Adverb[edit]
לֹא בִּכְדִי • (lo bikhdí)
- not for nothing, not in vain
- 1995, Ram Oren, משחק מכור [A Sold Game], Keter Publishing House Ltd, →ISBN, page 242:
- לא בכדי הגיע לאן שהגיע, לא בכדי נהג לגבות שכר טרחה גבוה מכולם.
- He did not get where he is for nothing, not for nothing did he usually take the highest work fee of all of them.