כְּדָיי, (formed from כְּדֵי, v. דַּי) adequate, worthy, competent, deserving. Gen. R. s. 76 (ref. to Gen. XXXII, 11) איני כ׳ I am not deserving (of any of all the mercies); כ׳ אני אבל וכ׳ I am worthy (of some) but too small for all &c. B. Bath. 165ᵇ אני איני כ׳ שאתם וכ׳ I do not deserve the honor of having that question put to me by you. Gitt. 90ᵇ; Tosef. Sot. V, 9 כ׳ הוא במיתה he deserves death. Ber. 9ᵃ, a. fr. the authority of כ׳ הוא וכ׳ R. … is sufficient to be relied upon &c.; a. fr.—Pl. כְּדָאִים, כְּדָאִין, כְּדָיִין. Mekh. Yithro, Amalek, s. 1 אין אנו ב׳ שישמשנו (ed. Weiss כְּדָיִן) we are not worthy to be served by him; a. e.—Fem. כְּדָאִית. Cant. R. to I, 2 איני כ׳ לשפחתו I am not worthy to be his handmaid.