الكن

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to covering, concealing, and protecting. It extends to concepts of shelter, hidden things, and even familial relationships and specific objects or places associated with these meanings.

Derived headwords

الكنnoun

1.
covering, shelterboth
The act or state of covering or sheltering something; a protection or concealment.

وقاءnoun

1.
protection, shieldboth
That which protects or shields; a defense or safeguard.

سترهnoun

1.
covering, concealmentboth
The act of covering or hiding something; a veil or screen.

الكنةnoun

1.
wing, alcoveclassical
A projection from a wall or roof over a doorway, a small room, or a shelf within a house.
2.
daughter-in-lawboth
The wife of one's son or brother.
3.
whitenessclassical
A white color or complexion.
4.
tribeclassical
A clan or group of people.

الكنانnoun

1.
covering, veilboth
Something that covers or conceals; a veil or screen.

أكنانnoun

1.
shelters, nestsboth
Plural of 'ukn', meaning places of shelter or nests.

أكنةnoun

1.
shelters, nestsboth
Plural of 'ukn', meaning places of shelter or nests.

كنهverb

1.
to cover, concealboth
To hide, conceal, or cover something.

كناverb

1.
to cover, concealboth
To hide, conceal, or cover something.

كنوناverb

1.
to cover, concealboth
To hide, conceal, or cover something.

أكنهverb

1.
to cover, concealboth
To hide, conceal, or cover something.

كننهverb

1.
to cover, concealboth
To hide, conceal, or cover something.

اكتنهverb

1.
to cover, concealboth
To hide, conceal, or cover something.

استكنverb

1.
to hide, be concealedboth
To become hidden, concealed, or sheltered.

اكتنverb

1.
to hide, be concealedboth
To become hidden, concealed, or sheltered.

الكنانةnoun

1.
quiverboth
A case made of leather, without wood, for holding arrows.
2.
ancestorclassical
An ancestor of a tribe, specifically referring to Ibn Khuzaymah.

المستكنةnoun

1.
hidden malice, grudgeclassical
A concealed feeling of hatred or resentment.

الكانونnoun

1.
hearth, brazierboth
A fireplace or a portable brazier used for heating.
2.
mid-winterclassical
The coldest period of winter.
3.
heavy personclassical
A person who is slow, ponderous, or difficult to move.

الكانونةnoun

1.
hearth, brazierboth
A fireplace or a portable brazier used for heating.

مكنونةnoun

1.
Zamzam wellclassical
A name for the well of Zamzam.

كنnoun

1.
mountainclassical
A mountain, specifically one named 'Qan'.

كننnoun

1.
mountainclassical
A mountain located in Sana'a, Yemen.

كنينةnoun

1.
place nameclassical
A place name in Yemen.

كنكنverb

1.
to fleeclassical
To run away or escape.
2.
to be lazyclassical
To be indolent or sluggish.
3.
to stay homeclassical
To remain in one's house.

كنونnoun

1.
neighborhoodclassical
A residential area or quarter, specifically in Samarkand.

Parallel reading

الكن، بالكسر: وقاء كل شيء وستره

Al-kan, with kasra: the protection and covering of everything.

كالكنة والكنان، بكسرهما

Like al-kanah and al-kinan, with kasra in both.

والبيت ج: أكنان وأكنة

And the house, plural: aknan and akana.

وكنه كنا وكنونا وأكنه وكننه واكتنه: ستره

And kanaha, kanā, kunūnan, aknahu, kannanahu, and aktanahu: to cover it.

واستكن: استتر، كاكتن

And istakanna: to be concealed, like aktana.

والكنة، بالضم: جناح يخرج من حائط أو سقيفة فوق باب الدار، أو ظلة هنالك، أو مخدع، أو رف في البيت ج: كنان

And al-kunnah, with damma: a wing that extends from a wall or a roof over the door of the house, or a canopy there, or a closet, or a shelf in the house, plural: kinan.

وبالفتح: امرأة الابن أو الأخ ج: كنائن

And with fatha: the wife of the son or brother, plural: kanā'in.

وبالكسر: البياض، كالاكتنان

And with kasra: whiteness, like al-iktinān.

وكنانة السهام، بالكسر: جعبة من جلد لا خشب فيها، أو بالعكس

And kinānat al-sihām, with kasra: a quiver made of leather without wood, or vice versa.

وابن خزيمة: أبو قبيلة

And Ibn Khuzaymah: father of a tribe.

والمستكنة: الحقد

And al-mustakinnah: malice.

والكانون: الموقد، كالكانونة

And al-kānūn: the hearth, like al-kānūnah.

وشهران في قلب الشتاء، والرجل الثقيل

And two months in the heart of winter, and the heavy man.

ومكنونة: اسم زمزم

And maknūnah: the name of Zamzam.

وكن: جبل، وة بقصران

And Kan: a mountain, and a place in Qasrān.

وكنن، محركة: جبل بصنعاء اليمن

And Kanann, with haraka: a mountain in Sana'a, Yemen.

وكنينة، كسفينة: ة باليمن

And Kunaynah, like safīnah: a place in Yemen.

وكنكن: هرب، وكسل، وقعد في البيت

And kankana: he fled, and he was lazy, and he sat in the house.

وكنون: محلة بسمرقند

And Kunūn: a quarter in Samarkand.