संस्‍कृतशब्‍दकोशः

न चेद्

यदि नहीं

if not, otherwise

Monier–Williams

न चेद् — {na ced} (g. {câdi}, also separated by the verb [] or the verb preceded by {na} placed at the end of the sentence [ xiv, 6, 8, 1 ii, 33 ; xviii, 58 ], rarely {cen na} in reversed order beginning the apodosis 1 ) 'if not' (= {no ced} forming a sentence by itself. xiv, 7, 2, 15) xiv i, 17, 1 &c

न चेद् — {na ced} or (with Pot.) 'would that not!' (e.g. {no cet pradahet}, 'would that he did not burn down!'), v, 676 ff. and 966