ءقن

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns cavities, holes, and nests, particularly those found in mountains or rocky terrain. It extends to the act of hunting birds from these locations and the construction of dwellings from stone.

Derived headwords

الأَقِنَّةnoun

1.
Hole, cavityboth
A hole or cavity in the ground, or in a mountain. It can be a depression on the surface of rocky plateaus or high mountains, narrow at the top, with a depth of one or two cubits, naturally formed, and sometimes a chasm between two fissures.

أَقِنَّةnoun

1.
Stone dwellingclassical
A dwelling built from stone, similar to a nest or a small house.

أَقْنnoun

1.
Plural of aqinahclassical
The plural form of 'aqinah', referring to stone dwellings or cavities.

أَوْقَنَverb

1.
To hunt birdsclassical
To hunt birds by taking them from their nests or roosts.

يُوقِنُverb

1.
To hunt birdsclassical
The present tense form of 'awqana', meaning to hunt birds from their nesting places.

التَّوْقُنُnoun

1.
Climbing mountainsclassical
The act of climbing or ascending mountains.

الوَقْنَةnoun

1.
Bird's nest/roostboth
A place where a bird nests or roosts, especially in a mountain.

الوُكْنَةnoun

1.
Bird's nest/roostboth
A place where a bird nests or roosts, similar to 'waqnah' and 'aqinah'.

أَقْنnoun

1.
Stone dwellingclassical
A house or dwelling built from stone.

Parallel reading

الأقنة: الحفرة في الأرض، وقيل: في الجبل، وقيل: هي شبه حفرة تكون في ظهور القفاف وأعالي الجبال، ضيقة الرأس، قعرها قدر قامة أو قامتين خلقة، وربما كانت مهواة بين شقين.

Al-aqinah: A hole in the ground, or it is said, in the mountain, or it is said to be like a hole that is on the surfaces of rocky plateaus and high mountains, narrow at the top, its bottom is about a cubit or two cubits in height, naturally formed, and it may be a chasm between two fissures.

بيوت العرب ستة: قبة من أدم، ومظلة من شعر، وخباء من صوف، وبجاد من وبر، وخيمة من شجر، وأقنة من حجر، وجمعها أقن.

The dwellings of the Arabs are six: a tent of hide, a shelter of hair, a hut of wool, a cloak of camel hair, a tent of wood, and an 'aqinah' of stone, and its plural is 'aqn'.

أوقن الرجل إذا اصطاد الطير من وقنته، وهي محضنه، وكذلك يوقن إذا اصطاد الحمام من محاضنها في رؤوس الجبال.

A man hunts birds ('awqana') if he catches them from their roost ('waqnatuh'), which is their nesting place, and likewise he hunts ('yuqin') if he catches pigeons from their nesting places in the tops of the mountains.

والتوقن: التوقل في الجبل، وهو الصعود فيه.

And 'at-tawqan': climbing in the mountain, which is ascending it.

الوقنة والأقنة والوكنة موضع الطائر في الجبل، والجمع الأقنات والوقنات والوكنات؛

Al-waqnah, al-aqinah, and al-wuknah are the place of the bird in the mountain, and the plural is al-aqanat, al-waqanat, and al-wuknat.

في شناظي أقن، بينها ... عرة الطير كصوم النعام

In rocky crevices of stone dwellings ('aqn'), between them... the roost of the bird like the fasting of ostriches.

الأقنة بيت يبنى من حجر، والجمع أقن مثل ركبة وركب، وأنشد بيت الطرماح.

Al-aqinah is a house built from stone, and its plural is 'aqn' like 'rukbah' and 'rukb', and he cited the verse of Al-Tirimmāh.