قنع

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Arabic

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Root
ق ن ع (q n ʕ)
4 terms

Verb

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قَنِعَ (qaniʕa) I (non-past يَقْنَعُ (yaqnaʕu), verbal noun قَنَع (qanaʕ) or قُنْعَان (qunʕān) or قَنَاعَة (qanāʕa))

  1. to be contented [with بِ (bi) ‘with something’]
    • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi :
      إِذَا غَامَرْتَ فِي شَرَفٍ مَرُومٍ / فَلَا تَقْنَعْ بِمَا دُونَ النُّجُومِ
      ʔiḏā ḡāmarta fī šarafin marūmin / falā taqnaʕ bimā dūna n-nujūmi
  2. to be able [with عَن (ʕan) ‘to do without something’]
  3. to allow oneself to be convinced, to be convinced

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Verb

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قَنَعَ (qanaʕa) I (non-past يَقْنَعُ (yaqnaʕu), verbal noun قُنُوع (qunūʕ))

  1. to be humble, to be content with little
  2. to solicit, to pray humbly, to beg
  3. to submit [with إِلَى ‘to someone’]
  4. (transitive) to ascend (a mountain), to mount
  5. to be contented [with بِ (bi) ‘with something’]

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قَنَعَ (qanaʕa) I (non-past يَقْنَعُ (yaqnaʕu), verbal noun قَنْع (qanʕ))

  1. to put the orifice of a bag to one's mouth in order to drink

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قَنَّعَ (qannaʕa) II (non-past يُقَنِّعُ (yuqanniʕu), verbal noun تَقْنِيع (taqnīʕ))

  1. to content
  2. to bid to be satisfied
  3. to convince, to persuade
  4. to veil, to put on the veil قِنَاع (qināʕ)

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Noun

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قَنَع (qanaʕm

  1. verbal noun of قَنِعَ (qaniʕa, to be contented, to be convinced) (form I)
  2. contentment, contentedness

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Noun

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قَنْع (qanʕm

  1. verbal noun of قَنَعَ (qanaʕa, to put the orifice of a bag to one's mouth to drink) (form I)

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Adjective

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قَنِع (qaniʕ) (masculine plural قَنِعُون (qaniʕūn))

  1. content, satisfied

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Noun

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قُنُع (qunuʕpl

  1. plural of قِنَاع (qināʕ)