قنن

Root entry · 41 derived lemmas

The root قنن primarily relates to concepts of ownership, possession, and subjugation, particularly concerning slaves. It also extends to meanings of elevation, height, and specific geographical features like small mountains or elevated ground. Additionally, it encompasses terms for tools, instruments, and specialized knowledge, such as identifying underground water.

Derived headwords

القِنّnoun

1.
slaveclassical
A slave who was born into slavery, along with their parents, and is thus bound to their master.
2.
ownedclassical
Possessed or owned, referring to something acquired and held.

قِنّadjective

1.
ownedclassical
Possessed, owned, or acquired, often referring to a slave whose lineage is also owned.
2.
subservientclassical
Completely subservient or bound, implying a deep level of servitude.

أَقِنّةnoun

1.
slavesclassical
Plural of 'qinn', referring to slaves who were born into servitude.

إن سليطا في الخسار إنه ... أبناء قوم خلقوا أقنه — Indeed, Sulayṭa is in ruin, they are ... sons of a people created as slaves.

اقتنىverb

1.
to acquireboth
To take something as one's own, to acquire or possess it.
2.
to take as a slaveclassical
To acquire or take someone as a slave, particularly one born into servitude.

اقتنانnoun

1.
acquisitionboth
The act of acquiring or possessing something.
2.
erectionclassical
The act of standing erect or upright.

القُنّةnoun

1.
small mountainclassical
A small hill or mountain, often described as flat-topped or solitary.
2.
topclassical
The highest point or summit of something, like a mountain.
3.
rope strandclassical
A strong strand or fiber of a rope, especially one made of palm fiber.
4.
medicineclassical
A type of medicine or medicinal substance.

قننnoun

1.
mountainsclassical
Plural of 'qunnah', referring to small mountains or elevated areas.

قنانnoun

1.
mountainsclassical
Plural of 'qunnah', referring to small mountains or elevated areas.
2.
armpit odorclassical
The odor of the armpit, particularly a strong or unpleasant one.

قَنَنnoun

1.
armpit odorclassical
The odor of the armpit, particularly a strong or unpleasant one.

القَنَانname

1.
Qinanclassical
A proper name, referring to a specific mountain or a lineage.

القانونnoun

1.
rulemodern
A fundamental principle, rule, or standard.
2.
lawmodern
A system of rules recognized by a country or community as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.

قانونnoun

1.
rulemodern
A fundamental principle, rule, or standard.
2.
lawmodern
A system of rules recognized by a country or community as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.

قانونother

1.
pathclassical
The way or path of something; its measure or standard.

قَنّانnoun

1.
water divinerclassical
One who is skilled at finding underground water or guiding others to it.

القَنَقِنnoun

1.
water divinerclassical
One who is skilled at finding underground water or guiding others to it.

قَنَقِنnoun

1.
water divinerclassical
One who is skilled at finding underground water or guiding others to it.

قَنَاقِنnoun

1.
water divinersclassical
Plural of 'qanaqin', referring to those skilled in finding underground water.

القَنَقِنَةnoun

1.
water divinerclassical
One who is skilled at finding underground water or guiding others to it.

قَنَقَنnoun

1.
water divinerclassical
One who is skilled at finding underground water or guiding others to it.

قَنَقَنَةnoun

1.
water divinerclassical
One who is skilled at finding underground water or guiding others to it.

القَنِينnoun

1.
Ethiopian luteclassical
A type of lute or musical instrument originating from Ethiopia.

قنينةnoun

1.
containerclassical
A container made of reeds or branches, with internal divisions for holding vessels.
2.
glass bottleclassical
A glass vessel used for holding drinks.

القَنِينother

1.
gambling gameclassical
A game played by the Romans for gambling.

قَنَنnoun

1.
sleeveclassical
The sleeve of a garment.

القَنَنnoun

1.
armpit odorclassical
The odor of the armpit, particularly a strong or unpleasant one.

القَنَانname

1.
Qinanclassical
A proper name, referring to a specific mountain or a lineage.

القَنَقِنnoun

1.
sea snailclassical
A type of sea snail or shell.

القَنَقِنnoun

1.
ratclassical
A type of rodent, similar to a rat.

القَنّةnoun

1.
small hillclassical
A small, rounded hill or mound that does not grow vegetation.

مُستَقِنّadjective

1.
residingclassical
One who resides with or among camels, drinking their milk.
2.
erectclassical
Standing upright or erect.

اقتنّverb

1.
to stand erectclassical
To stand upright or erect.

مُقتَنّadjective

1.
erectclassical
Standing upright or erect.

مُقبِئِنّadjective

1.
erectclassical
Standing upright or erect.

مُقتَنّadjective

1.
erectclassical
Standing upright or erect.

القَنَاقِنnoun

1.
water divinersclassical
Plural of 'qanaqin', referring to those skilled in finding underground water.

القَنَقِنnoun

1.
engineerclassical
An expert who knows about underground water and how to excavate it.

القَنَقِنnoun

1.
water divinerclassical
One who is skilled at finding underground water or guiding others to it.

القَنَقِنnoun

1.
ratclassical
A type of rodent, similar to a rat.

القَنّةnoun

1.
medicineclassical
A type of medicine or medicinal substance.

القوانينnoun

1.
principlesclassical
The fundamental principles or origins of something.

القَنّةnoun

1.
small hillclassical
A small, rounded hill or mound that does not grow vegetation.

Parallel reading

العبد القن الذي ملك هو وأبواه

The slave 'qinn' who was owned, along with his parents.

وقد حكي في جمعه أقنان وأقنة

And it has been narrated for its plural as 'aqnān' and 'aqinnah'.

إن سليطا في الخسار إنه ... أبناء قوم خلقوا أقنه

Indeed, Sulayṭa is in ruin, they are ... sons of a people created as slaves.

العبد القن الذي ولد عندك ولا يستطيع أن يخرج عنك

The slave 'qinn' who was born in your household and cannot leave you.

لسنا بعبيد قن ولكنا عبيد مملكة

We are not 'qinn' slaves, but rather slaves of a kingdom.

لم نكن عبيد قن إنما كنا عبيد مملكة

We were not 'qinn' slaves, we were only slaves of a kingdom.

القن الذي كان أبوه مملوكا لمواليه

The 'qinn' slave whose father was a slave to his masters.

وكأن القن مأخوذ من القنية، وهي الملك

And it is as if 'qinn' is derived from 'qinyah', which means possession.

عبد قن ملك هو وأبواه، من القنان وهو الكم

A 'qinn' slave, owned along with his parents, from 'al-qanān' which means the sleeve.

عبد قن خالص العبودة

A 'qinn' slave, pure in his servitude.

اقتننا قنا: اتخذناه

We acquired a slave: we took him.

واقتن قنا: اتخذه

And he acquired a slave: he took him.

إنه لقن بين القنانة أو القنانة

He is indeed a slave between 'al-qanānah' or 'al-qanānah'.

القوة من قوى الحبل

The strand from the strands of a rope.

وخص بعضهم به القوة من قوى حبل الليف

And some specified it as the strand from the strands of a palm-fiber rope.

يصفح للقنة وجها جأبا

He turns a broad face to the rope strand, a broad face.

جمعها قنن

Its plural is 'qinen'.

القنة ضرب من الأدوية

The 'qunnah' is a type of medicine.

القنة: الجبل الصغير

The 'qunnah': the small mountain.

وقيل: الجبل السهل المستوي المنبسط على الأرض

And it was said: the flat, level mountain spread out on the ground.

وقيل: هو الجبل المنفرد المستطيل في السماء

And it was said: it is the solitary, elongated mountain in the sky.

ولا تكون القنة إلا سوداء

And the 'qunnah' is only black.

وقنة كل شيء: أعلاه مثل القلة

And the 'qunnah' of everything: its top, like the 'qullah'.

أما ودماء مائرات تخالها، ... على قنة العزى وبالنسر، عندما

As for the flowing blood, you would think it... on the summit of Al-'Uzza and in An-Nasr, when.

وقنة الجبل وقلته: أعلاه

And the 'qunnah' of the mountain and its 'qullah': its top.

والجمع القنن والقلل

And the plural is 'al-qinen' and 'al-qulal'.

وهم رعن الآل أن يكونا ... بحرا يكب الحوت والسفينا تخال فيه القنة القنونا

And they are the proud mirages, thinking they are... a sea where the whale and the ship capsize. You think in it the summit is like the peaks.

الاقتنان: الانتصاب

Al-iqtinān: standing erect.

يقال: اقتن الوعل إذا انتصب على القنة

It is said: the mountain goat stood erect when it stood on the summit.

لا تحسبي عض النسوع الأزم، ... والرحل يقتن اقتنان الأعصم

Do not think that the biting of the eagle is difficult... and the saddle stands erect like the erectness of Al-A'ṣam.

كالصدع الأعصم لما اقتنا

Like the erect crack when it stood erect.

واقتنان الرحل: لزومه ظهر البعير

And 'iqtinān' of the saddle: its adherence to the camel's back.

والمستقن الذي يقيم في الإبل يشرب ألبانها

And the 'mustaqinn' is one who stays with the camels, drinking their milk.

فشايع وسط ذودك مستقنا

So join the midst of your herd, residing.

مستقنا من القن، وهو الذي يقيم مع غنمه يشرب من ألبانها ويكون معها حيث ذهبت

'Mustaqinn' is from 'al-qinn', and it is one who stays with his sheep, drinking their milk and being with them wherever they go.

المقتئن فالمنتصب والهمزة زائدة

As for 'al-muqtann', it is the erect one, and the hamza is extra.

المقبئن فالمنتصب أيضا

As for 'al-muqbi'in', it is also the erect one.

المقتن: المنتصب أيضا

Al-muqtan: also the erect one.

اقتن الشيء يقتن اقتنانا إذا انتصب

He acquired a thing, he acquires it, 'iqtinān' if it stood erect.

والقنينة: وعاء يتخذ من خيزران أو قضبان قد فصل داخله بحواجز بين مواضع الآنية على صيغة القشوة

And the 'qinnīnah': a container made of bamboo or branches, with internal partitions for vessels, in the form of a basket.

والقنينة، بالكسر والتشديد، من الزجاج: الذي يجعل الشراب فيه

And the 'qinnīnah', with kasra and shadda, made of glass: that in which drink is placed.

والجمع قنان، نادر

And its plural is 'qinān', rare.

القنين: طنبور الحبشة

Al-qinnīn: the Ethiopian lute.

إن الله حرم الخمر والكوبة والقنين

Indeed, Allah has forbidden wine, the 'kūbah', and the 'qinnīn'.

القنين لعبة للروم يتقامرون بها

Al-qinnīn is a game for the Romans with which they gamble.

التقنين الضرب بالقنين، وهو الطنبور بالحبشية

At-taqnīn is striking with the 'qinnīn', which is the lute in Ethiopian.

نهينا عن الكوبة والغبيراء والقنين

We were forbidden from the 'kūbah', 'al-ghubayrā'', and the 'qinnīn'.

الكوبة الطبل، والغبيراء خمرة تعمل من الغبيراء، والقنين طنبور الحبشة

The 'kūbah' is the drum, 'al-ghubayrā'' is wine made from 'al-ghubayrā'', and 'al-qinnīn' is the Ethiopian lute.

قانون كل شيء: طريقه ومقياسه

The 'qānūn' of everything: its path and its measure.

وقنان القميص وكنه وقنه: كمه

And the 'qinān' of the shirt, and its 'kunn', and its 'qunn': its sleeve.

والقنان: ريح الإبط عامة

And 'al-qanān': the odor of the armpit, generally.

هو الصنان عند الناس ولا أعرف القنان

It is 'as-ṣinān' among people, and I do not know 'al-qanān'.

وقنان: اسم ملك كان يأخذ كل سفينة غصبا

And Qinan: the name of a king who used to seize every ship by force.

وأشراف اليمن: بنو جلندى بن قنان

And the nobles of Yemen: the sons of Julandā bin Qinan.

والقنان: اسم جبل بعينه لبني أسد

And 'al-qanān': the name of a specific mountain belonging to Banu Asad.

جعلنا القنان عن يمين وحزنه

We made Al-Qanan to our right and its sorrow.

وقيل: هو جبل ولم يخصص

And it was said: it is a mountain, and it was not specified.

وقنان جبل بأعلى نجد

And Qinan is a mountain in the upper Najd.

وبنو قنان: بطن من بلحرث بن كعب

And Banu Qinan: a clan from Balḥārith bin Ka'b.

وبنو قنين: بطن من بني ثعلب

And Banu Qunayn: a clan from Banu Tha'lab.

جهلت من دين بني قنين، ... ومن حساب بينهم وبيني

You were ignorant of the religion of Banu Qunayn, ... and of the reckoning between me and you.

كأن لم تبرك بالقنيني نيبها

As if you did not dismount at Al-Qunaynī, her she-camel.

والقنقن والقناقن، بالضم: البصير بالماء تحت الأرض

And 'al-qanqan' and 'al-qanāqin', with damma: the one who is knowledgeable about water underground.

وهو الدليل الهادي والبصير بالماء في حفر القني

And he is the guiding guide and knowledgeable about water in digging the well.

الجمع القناقن، بالفتح

The plural is 'al-qanāqin', with fatha.

القناقن البصير بجر المياه واستخراجها

Al-qanāqin: the one knowledgeable in drawing and extracting water.

وينصتن للسمع انتصات القناقن

And they listen intently to hear, like the listening of the water diviners.

القنقن والقناقن المهندس الذي يعرف الماء تحت الأرض

Al-qanqan and al-qanāqin: the engineer who knows about underground water.

وأصلها بالفارسية، وهو معرب مشتق من الحفر من قولهم بالفارسية كن كن

And its origin is Persian, and it is an Arabized word derived from digging, from their saying in Persian 'kan kan'.

أي احفر احفر

Meaning 'dig, dig'.

لأنه كان قناقنا ، يعرف مواضع الماء تحت الأرض

Because he was a 'qanāqin', knowing the locations of water underground.

وقيل: القناقن الذي يسمع فيعرف مقدار الماء في البئر قريبا أو بعيدا

And it was said: 'al-qanāqin' is one who hears and knows the amount of water in the well, near or far.

والقنقن: ضرب من صدف البحر

And 'al-qanqan': a type of sea shell.

والقنة: ضرب من الأدوية

And 'al-qunnah': a type of medicine.

والقنقن: ضرب من الجرذان

And 'al-qanqan': a type of rat.

والقوانين: الأصول، الواحد قانون، وليس بعربي

And 'al-qawānīn': the principles, singular 'qānūn', and it is not Arabic.

والقنة: نحو من القارة، وجمعها قنان

And 'al-qunnah': similar to 'al-qārah', and its plural is 'qinān'.

القنة الأكمة الململمة الرأس، وهي القارة لا تنبت شيئا

Al-qunnah: the rounded-top mound, which is like 'al-qārah' that grows nothing.