ءقن

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to structures or places for birds, often built or found in natural formations. It also encompasses a less common meaning of a depression or pit in the ground or mountainside, and a linguistic variant of the verb 'to know'.

Derived headwords

الأَقِنَّةnoun

1.
birdhouseclassical
A structure made of stone built for a bird.
2.
bird's nesting placeclassical
A place in a mountain where a bird nests.
3.
pit, hollowclassical
A depression in the ground, or in a mountain, often with a narrow opening and a wide base.
4.
stone dwellingclassical
A dwelling made of stone, mentioned as one of the traditional dwellings of Arabs.

أَقِنَّةnoun

1.
birdhousesclassical
Plural of 'aqinnah', referring to stone structures built for birds.
2.
nesting placesclassical
Plural of 'aqinnah', referring to places in mountains where birds nest.
3.
pits, hollowsclassical
Plural of 'aqinnah', referring to depressions or hollows in the ground or mountains.

أَقْنnoun

1.
nesting placeclassical
A plural form for a bird's nesting place, similar to 'aqinnah'.

الوِقْنَةnoun

1.
bird's nesting placeclassical
A place in a mountain where a bird nests; synonymous with 'aqinnah'.

الوِكْنَةnoun

1.
bird's nesting placeclassical
A place in a mountain where a bird nests; synonymous with 'aqinnah'.

الأَقَنَاتnoun

1.
birdhousesclassical
Plural of 'aqinnah', referring to stone structures built for birds.
2.
nesting placesclassical
Plural of 'aqinnah', referring to places in mountains where birds nest.
3.
pits, hollowsclassical
Plural of 'aqinnah', referring to depressions or hollows in the ground or mountains.

الوَقَنَاتnoun

1.
nesting placesclassical
Plural of 'wiqnah', referring to places in mountains where birds nest.

الوِكْنَاتnoun

1.
nesting placesclassical
Plural of 'wiknah', referring to places in mountains where birds nest.

أَقَنَverb

1.
to knowclassical
A linguistic variant of the verb 'ayqana' (to know with certainty).

Parallel reading

الأقنة، بالضم: بيت من حجر يبنى للطائر

Al-aqinnah, with dammah, is a house of stone built for a bird.

ج أقن، (كصرد)

Its plural is aqn, like 'usrud' (for birds).

في شناظي أقن بينهاعرة الطير كصوم النعام

In rocky outcrops, bird nests between them, like the nesting of ostriches.

الأقنة والوقنة والوكنة: موضع الطائر في الجبل

Al-aqinnah, al-wiqnah, and al-wiknah: a bird's place in the mountain.

والجمع الأقنات والوقنات والوكنات

And the plural is al-aqanat, al-waqanat, and al-wakanat.

الأقنة: الحفرة في الأرض

Al-aqinnah: the pit in the ground.

وقيل: في الجبل

And it was said: in the mountain.

وقيل: هي شبه حفرة تكون في ظهور القفاف وأعالي الجبال، ضيقة الرأس، قعرها قدر قامة أو قامتين، وربما كانت مهواة بين شقين

And it was said: it is like a pit that is in the upper parts of cliffs and high mountains, narrow at the top, its bottom the measure of a cubit or two cubits, and it might be a chasm between two fissures.

بيوت العرب ستة: قبة من أدم، ومظلة من شعر، وخباء من صوف، وبجاد من وبر، وخيمة من شجر، وأقنة من حجر

The dwellings of the Arabs are six: a tent of hide, a shelter of hair, a hut of wool, a cloak of camel hair, a tent of wood, and a dwelling of stone.

وأقن الرجل: لغة في أيقن

And 'aqana' the man: a dialectal variant of 'ayqana' (he knew).