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الكنه

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the essence, core, or true nature of something. It extends to its ultimate limit, capacity, appointed time, or true aspect. It also refers to a specific plant with medicinal properties.

Derived headwords

الكُنْهُnoun
  1. 1.
    essenceboth

    The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, that determines its character.

  2. 2.
    goalboth

    The ultimate aim or purpose of something.

  3. 3.
    capacityboth

    The maximum amount that something can contain or produce; the extent or limit of something.

  4. 4.
    appointed timeclassical

    The specific or destined time for something to occur.

  5. 5.
    aspectboth

    The true or proper way something appears or is regarded.

اكتنههverb
  1. 1.
    to grasp the essenceboth

    To comprehend or fully understand the true nature or core of something.

  2. 2.
    to reach the limitboth

    To attain the ultimate point or capacity of something.

أكنههverb
  1. 1.
    to grasp the essenceboth

    To comprehend or fully understand the true nature or core of something.

  2. 2.
    to reach the limitboth

    To attain the ultimate point or capacity of something.

الكنهانnoun
  1. 1.
    a plantclassical

    A plant whose leaves resemble those of the green bean plant, known for its strong efficacy against scorpions. Its leaves are eaten to warm the liver, spleen, brain, and body.

Parallel reading

الكُنْهُ، بالضم: جوهر الشيء، وغايته، وقدره، ووقته، ووجهه.
The KUNHU, with dammah: the essence of a thing, its goal, its capacity, its time, and its aspect.
واكتنهه وأكنهه: بلغ كنهه.
And AKTANAHU and AKNAHUHU: to reach its essence.
والكنهان: نبات يشبه ورقه ورق الحبة الخضراء، طراد للعقارب جدا، يؤكل ورقها فيسخن الكبد والطحال والدماغ والبدن.
And AL-KINHAN: a plant whose leaves resemble the leaves of the green bean, very effective against scorpions; its leaves are eaten, warming the liver, spleen, brain, and body.