كنت

كُنْتِىٌّ ذ Strong; robust. (Ibn-Buzruj, K.) An epithet applied to a man. (Ibn-Buzruj.) Formed from كُنْتُ “ I was ” because an old man speaks of himself in time past saying كُنْتُ كَذَا وَكُنْتُ كَذَا. (MF.) ― -b2- Also, [and ↓ كُنْتٌ, as implied in the TA, and in the S in art., عجن,] and ↓ كُنْتُنِىٌّ, i. q. كَبِيرٌ [app. Great in age; old: aged ]. (AZ, K.) A poet says, وَمَا كُنْتُ كُنْتِيًّا وَمَا كُنْتُ عَاجِنًا وَشَرُّ الرِّجَالِ الكُنْتُنِىُّ وَعَاجِنُ [ And I was not old, nor was I one who raised himself from the ground by the help of his hands: and the worst of men is the old, and one who raises himself so ]. (TA.)