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عقن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to be very obscure, with most derived forms being unrecorded or of questionable linguistic origin. The primary recorded meaning relates to a specific castle, with other terms referring to esoteric cosmological concepts.

Derived headwords

عَقْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Castleclassical

    A specific castle named 'Aqnuh, located in Baran.

عَقَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be a castleclassical

    This verb form is not explicitly defined but is implied by the noun 'Aqnuh.

عَقِيُّونnoun
  1. 1.
    Sea of windclassical

    A cosmic entity described as a sea of wind located beneath the Throne, inhabited by angels made of wind.

عَقِيَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Windclassical

    Possibly related to wind, derived from the verb 'aqā ya'qī, or potentially from the root 'aqn.

Parallel reading

عقنة، كحمزة
Aqnuh, like Hamzah.
وهي (قلعة بأران)
And it is (a castle in Baran).
أما عقن فإني لم أسمع من مشتقاته شيئا مستعملا
As for 'aqn, I have not heard any of its derivatives in use.
وعقيون، كصهيون: بحر من الريح تحت العرش
And 'Uqayyūn, like Ṣahyūn: a sea of wind beneath the Throne.
فيه ملائكة من ريح، معهم رماح من ريح ناظرين إلى العرش تسبيحهم: سبحان ربنا الأعلى
In it are angels of wind, with them spears of wind, looking at the Throne, their glorification: 'Glory be to our Lord, the Most High'.
والعقيان) ، بالكسر (في الياء) ، لأنه من عقى يعقى
And al-'Uqyān, with a kasrah (in the yā'), because it is from 'aqā ya'qī.
ويجوز أن يكون فعيالا من عقن
And it is permissible for it to be 'Uqyāl from 'aqn.
والأول أصح
And the first is more correct.