يقين

See also: يقئن, یقین, and يفين

Arabic

Root
ي ق ن (y-q-n)

Etymology 1

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb يَقِنَ (yaqina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja.qiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

يَقِين • (yaqīn) m

1. certainty

Declension

Declension of noun يَقِين (yaqīn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَقِين yaqīn	الْيَقِين al-yaqīn	يَقِين yaqīn
Nominative	يَقِينٌ yaqīnun	الْيَقِينُ al-yaqīnu	يَقِينُ yaqīnu
Accusative	يَقِينًا yaqīnan	الْيَقِينَ al-yaqīna	يَقِينَ yaqīna
Genitive	يَقِينٍ yaqīnin	الْيَقِينِ al-yaqīni	يَقِينِ yaqīni

Synonyms

• ثِقَة (ṯiqa)

Antonyms

• رَيْب (rayb), شَكّ (šakk), شُبْهَة (šubha)

Derived terms

• يَقِينيّ (“undoubted, absolute”)

Descendants

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਯਕੀਨ (yakīn)

  Shahmukhi script: يقين

• → Swahili: yakini

Adjective

يَقِين • (yaqīn)

1. certain, undoubted

Usage notes

• Agrees with the noun in case and definiteness, but is invariable in gender and number.

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: yəqin
• → Malay: yakin
  • Indonesian: yakin
• → Persian: یقین
  • → Urdu: یقین (eqen)
• → Northern Kurdish: yeqîn

Etymology 2

Verb

يَقِينَ • (yaqīna) (form I)

1. third-person feminine plural non-past active indicative of وَقَى (waqā)
2. third-person feminine plural non-past active subjunctive of وَقَى (waqā)
3. third-person feminine plural non-past active jussive of وَقَى (waqā)

See also

• جَلِيّة (jaliyya, “true information, true report”)