سكن

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See also: شکن and س ك ن

Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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From the root س ك ن (s-k-n). Cognate with Hebrew שכן.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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سَكَنَ (sakana) I (non-past يَسْكُنُ (yaskunu), verbal noun سُكُون (sukūn))

  1. to be still, to be tranquil, to be peaceful
  2. to calm down, to repose, to rest
  3. (grammar) to be vowelless, to have no vowel
  4. to abate, to subside, to cease
  5. to pass, to go away, to leave
  6. to trust, to have faith, to be reassured
  7. to feel at home
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Verb

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سَكَنَ (sakana) I (non-past يَسْكُنُ (yaskunu), verbal noun سَكَن (sakan) or سُكْنَى (suknā))

  1. to live, to reside, to inhabit (construed with فِي () or بِ (bi) or direct object)
    أَسْكُنُ فِي ٱلْقَاهِرَةِʔaskunu fī l-qāhiratiI live in Cairo
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Etymology 1.2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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سَكَّنَ (sakkana) II (non-past يُسَكِّنُ (yusakkinu), verbal noun تَسْكِين (taskīn))

  1. to calm, to reassure, to appease, to placate
  2. to soothe, to allay, to alleviate
  3. to make vowelless, to pronounce without a vowel
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Etymology 1.3

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Noun

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سَكَن (sakanm

  1. verbal noun of سَكَنَ (sakana) (form I)
  2. time for rest, means for rest
  3. dwelling, abode, habitation
  4. inhabited area, habitations
  5. ashes
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See also

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Egyptian Arabic

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Root
س ك ن
1 term

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Verb

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سكن (sikin, sakan) I (non-past يسكن (yuskun))

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to inhabit, to dwell

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
س ك ن
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic سَكَنَ (sakana).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sa.kan/, [ˈsa.kan]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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سكن (sakan) I (present بسكن (boskon), active participle ساكن (sāken))

  1. to reside (somewhere)
    Synonym: عاش (ʕāš)
    بدّي اسكن لحالي.
    biddi askon la-ḥāli.
    I want to live by myself.
    احنا ساكنين في نفس البيت.
    eḥna sāknīn fi nafs il-bēt.
    We live in the same house.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of سكن (sakan)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سكنت (sakant) سكنت (sakant) سكن (sakan) سكننا (sakanna) سكنتو (sakantu) سكنو (sakanu)
f سكنتي (sakanti) سكنت (saknat)
present m بسكن (baskon) بتسكن (btoskon) بسكن (boskon) منسكن (mnoskon) بتسكنو (btoskonu) بسكنو (boskonu)
f بتسكني (btoskoni) بتسكن (btoskon)
subjunctive m أسكن (ʔaskon) تسكن (toskon) يسكن (yoskon) نسكن (noskon) تسكنو (toskonu) يسكنو (yoskonu)
f تسكني (toskoni) تسكن (toskon)
imperative m اسكن (oskon) اسكنو (oskonu)
f اسكني (oskoni)