كهن

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the role and actions of a soothsayer or diviner, particularly in pre-Islamic Arabia. It encompasses the act of divination, the person who performs it, and related concepts.

Derived headwords

الكاهنnoun

1.
soothsayer, divinerboth
A person who claims to have supernatural insight or knowledge of future events, often through consultation with spirits or jinns.

الكهانnoun

1.
soothsayers (plural)both
The plural form of 'al-kāhin', referring to multiple diviners.

الكهنةnoun

1.
soothsayers (plural)both
Another plural form of 'al-kāhin', also referring to multiple diviners.

كهنverb

1.
he practiced divinationboth
he practiced divination
2.
he became a soothsayerboth
he became a soothsayer

يكهنverb

1.
he is a soothsayerclassical
Present tense form of the verb 'kahana', indicating the ongoing state or action of being a soothsayer.

كهانةnoun

1.
soothsaying, divinationboth
The practice or art of divination, claiming to know future events or hidden matters.

تكهنverb

1.
he practiced divinationboth
he practiced divination

الكهينانname

1.
the two tribesclassical
A reference to two specific tribes, likely in a historical or geographical context related to the term 'kāhin'.

Parallel reading

الكاهن معروف

The soothsayer is known.

والجمع الكهان والكهنة

And the plurals are al-kuhhān and al-kahanah.

يقال: كهن يكهن كهانة، مثل كتب يكتب كتابة، إذا تكهن

It is said: 'kahana yakhanu kahānatan', like 'kataba yaktubu kitābatan', if he practiced divination.

وإذا أردت أنه صار كاهنا قلت: كهن بالضم يكهن كهانة بالفتح

And if you want to say he became a soothsayer, you say: 'kahana (with dammah) yakhanu kahānatan (with fatha)'.

والكاهنان: حيان

And al-Kāhinān: two tribes.