كأين

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See also: كائن

Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Univerbation of كَـ (ka-) +‎ أَيٍّ (ʔayyin)

Particle[edit]

كَأَيِّنْ (kaʔayyin) (archaic)

  1. how many!
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 47:13:
      وَكَأَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ هِيَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِنْ قَرْيَتِكَ الَّتِي أَخْرَجَتْكَ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ
      wakaʔayyin min qaryatin hiya ʔašaddu quwwatan min qaryatika allatī ʔaḵrajatka ʔahlaknāhum falā nāṣira lahum
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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