سكن

See also: شکن and س ك ن

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ك ن (s-k-n)

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /sa.ka.na/

Verb

سَكَنَ (sakana) I, non-past يَسْكُنُ‎ (yaskunu)

  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
Conjugation

Verb

سَكَنَ (sakana) I, non-past يَسْكُنُ‎ (yaskunu)

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

References

  • Lane, Edward William (1863), سكن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), سكن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /sak.ka.na/

Verb

سَكَّنَ (sakkana) II, non-past يُسَكِّنُ‎ (yusakkinu)

  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
Conjugation

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /sa.kan/

Noun

سَكَن (sakan) m

  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
Declension

See also

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