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فكن

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns regret, sorrow, and lamentation over something lost or missed. It can also extend to meanings of moving forward in falsehood or expressing astonishment.

Derived headwords

فَكَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to proceed in falsehoodclassical

    To move forward or persist in lying or falsehood.

تَفَكَّنَverb
  1. 1.
    to regretboth

    To feel regret, sorrow, or lamentation, especially over something that has been missed or lost.

  2. 2.
    to be astonishedclassical

    To be amazed or wonderstruck.

حتى إذا غاض ماؤها بقي قومه يتفكنون — until its water dried up, his people were left regretting.
أما جزاء العارف المستيقن ... عندك، إلا حاجة التفكن — Is there any reward for the certain, aware person... from you, except the need for regret?
الفَكْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    regretclassical

    Regret or sorrow, particularly for something that has passed or been missed.

التَّفَكُّنnoun
  1. 1.
    regretboth

    The act of regretting or lamenting what has been missed or lost.

حتى إذا غاض ماؤها بقي قومه يتفكنون — until its water dried up, his people were left regretting.
أما جزاء العارف المستيقن ... عندك، إلا حاجة التفكن — Is there any reward for the certain, aware person... from you, except the need for regret?
يَتَفَكَّهُونverb
  1. 1.
    to be astonishedclassical

    To express wonder or astonishment.

فظلتم تفكهون — you were astonished.
تَفَكَّهَverb
  1. 1.
    to be astonishedclassical

    To be amazed or express wonder.

فظلتم تفكهون — you were astonished.
تَفَكَّنْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I regrettedboth

    I felt regret or sorrow.

تفكهت وتفكنت أي تندمت — I felt regret and I regretted, meaning I repented.
تَفَكَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to thinkboth

    To ponder or reflect.

تفكن وتفكر واحد — Tafakanna and tafakkara are one.

Parallel reading

فَكَنَ في الكذب: لج ومضى.
Fakana in lying: to persist and go forward.
وتفكن: تأسف وتلهف
Wa tafakkana: to feel sorrow and lamentation.
وقيل: هو التلهف على الشيء يفوتك بعد ما ظننت أنك ظفرت به
And it was said: it is lamenting over something that escapes you after you thought you had obtained it.
وقيل: هو التندم
And it was said: it is regret.
ولا خارب، إن فاته زاد ضيفه ... يعض على إبهامه، يتفكن
And no one who misses his guest's provisions... bites his thumb, regretting.
الفكنة الندامة
Al-faknah: regret.
وقيل: الندامة على الفائت
And it was said: regret for what has been missed.
والتفكن: التندم على ما فات.
And al-tafakun: regret for what has passed.
مثل العالم مثل الحمة من الماء يأتيها البعداء ويتركها القرباء، حتى إذا غاض ماؤها بقي قومه يتفكنون
The example of a scholar is like a spring of water; the distant come to it and the near leave it, until its water dries up, then his people are left regretting.
أزد شنوأة يقولون يتفكهون، وتميم تقول يتفكنون
Azd Shanu'ah say yatafakkaheen, and Tamim say yatafakkeen.
وقال مجاهد في قوله: فظلتم تفكهون أي تعجبون
And Mujahid said regarding his saying: 'fa-zaltum tafakkoon', meaning you were astonished.
وقال عكرمة: تندمون.
And Ikrimah said: you regret.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: تفكهت وتفكنت أي تندمت
And Ibn al-A'rabi said: tafakkaytu and tafakantu, meaning I regretted.
سمعت مزاحما يقول تفكن وتفكر واحد
I heard Muzahim say tafakanna and tafakkara are one.