الدكنة

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to dark colors, specifically a shade of black or dusky hue. It also extends to meanings of stacking or piling things up, and by extension, a shop or market stall. Figuratively, it can refer to rich seasoning in food or a type of small insect.

Derived headwords

الدكنةnoun

1.
dusky colorboth
A color that tends towards black or a dark, dusky hue.

دكنverb

1.
to be duskyboth
To become a color that is dark, tending towards black.

أدكنadjective

1.
duskyboth
Having a dark color that tends towards black.

دكنverb

1.
to pile upclassical
To stack or pile goods or belongings one on top of another.

كدكنهverb

1.
to pile upclassical
To stack or pile goods or belongings one on top of another (intensive form).

الدكانnoun

1.
shopmodern
A shop or a small market stall.
2.
market stallclassical
A stall in a market, often used for selling goods.

دكاكينnoun

1.
shopsmodern
The plural of 'dukkān', referring to multiple shops or market stalls.

دكناءadjective

1.
richly spicedclassical
Describing a dish, particularly a type of bread (tharida), that is heavily seasoned with spices.

الدكيناءnoun

1.
small insectclassical
A type of small crawling insect or vermin.

دوكناname

1.
male given nameclassical
A male given name derived from the root.

Parallel reading

الدكنة، بالضم: لون إلى السواد

Ad-dukna, with damma, is a color tending towards black.

دكن، كفرح، فهو أدكن

He became dusky, as in 'fariha', so he is 'adkan' (dusky).

ودكن المتاع، كنصر: نضد بعضه على بعض، كدكنه

And 'dakana' the goods, as in 'nasara', means to stack some of them upon others, like 'kadkanahu'.

والدكان، كرمان: الحانوت ج: دكاكين، معرب

And 'ad-dukkān', as in 'Rammān', is the shop, plural 'dakākīn', it is an Arabized word.

وثريدة دكناء: كثيرة الأبازير

And a 'daknā'' tharida (a type of bread dish) is one rich with spices.

والدكيناء، كالعفيراء: دويبة من الأحناش

And 'ad-dukaynā'', like 'al-'afīrā'', is a small crawling creature among the vermin.

وسموا: دوكنا، كجوهر وزبير

And they named (their children): 'Dūkanā', like 'Jawhar' and 'Zubayr'.