سكين

See also: شكين

Arabic

سِكِّين

Alternative forms

• سِكِّينَة (sikkīna)

Etymology

From Aramaic סכינא (sakkīnā), from Akkadian 𒄑𒍣𒃶 (sikkānum, “oar, steering paddle, rudder blade”), from Sumerian 𒄑𒍣𒃶 (^g̃ešzi-gan /⁠zigan⁠/, “oar, steering paddle, rudder blade”). This is related to or possibly conflated with the Semitic س ك ن (s k n) meaning to stay in place, to be held at rest, and with the Akkadian 𒄑𒆕 (sikkatum, “peg, nail, a lock or pin broach, cone, wedge, pyramid, pinnacle, plowshare”), a source attested also in Arabic سَكّ (sakk, “pin, peg, nail, stake, wedge, plowshare”); cognate with Classical Syriac ܣܰܟܺܝܢܳܐ (sakkīnā) and Hebrew סַכִּין (sakkī́n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sik.kiːn/

Noun

سِكِّين • (sikkīn) m or f (plural سَكَاكِين (sakākīn))

1. knife

Declension

Declension of noun سِكِّين (sikkīn)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سِكِّين sikkīn	السِّكِّين as-sikkīn	سِكِّين sikkīn
nominative	سِكِّينٌ sikkīnun	السِّكِّينُ as-sikkīnu	سِكِّينُ sikkīnu
accusative	سِكِّينًا sikkīnan	السِّكِّينَ as-sikkīna	سِكِّينَ sikkīna
genitive	سِكِّينٍ sikkīnin	السِّكِّينِ as-sikkīni	سِكِّينِ sikkīni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سِكِّينَيْن sikkīnayn	السِّكِّينَيْن as-sikkīnayn	سِكِّينَيْ sikkīnay
nominative	سِكِّينَانِ sikkīnāni	السِّكِّينَانِ as-sikkīnāni	سِكِّينَا sikkīnā
accusative	سِكِّينَيْنِ sikkīnayni	السِّكِّينَيْنِ as-sikkīnayni	سِكِّينَيْ sikkīnay
genitive	سِكِّينَيْنِ sikkīnayni	السِّكِّينَيْنِ as-sikkīnayni	سِكِّينَيْ sikkīnay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَكَاكِين sakākīn	السَّكَاكِين as-sakākīn	سَكَاكِين sakākīn
nominative	سَكَاكِينُ sakākīnu	السَّكَاكِينُ as-sakākīnu	سَكَاكِينُ sakākīnu
accusative	سَكَاكِينَ sakākīna	السَّكَاكِينَ as-sakākīna	سَكَاكِينَ sakākīna
genitive	سَكَاكِينَ sakākīna	السَّكَاكِينِ as-sakākīni	سَكَاكِينِ sakākīni

Derived terms

• سَكَاكِينِيّ (sakākīniyy)
• سَكَّان (sakkān)

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: سچين (siččīn)

References

• Jeffery, Arthur (1938) “سِكِّين”, in The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 173
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “سكن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN