kanaā

allude to, express indirectly, nickname

كَنَىَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ك ن ي

Forms

Present: يَكْنِي

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present
he هُوَ	كَنَى	يَكْنِي
she هِيَ	—	تَكْنِي
they two (m.) هُما	كَنَيا	يَكْنِيانِ
they two (f.) هُما	—	تَكْنِيانِ
they (f.) هُنَّ	كَنَيْنَ	يَكْنِينَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ	كَنَيْتَ	تَكْنِي
you (f.) أَنْتِ	كَنَيْتِ	—
you two أَنْتُما	كَنَيْتُما	تَكْنِيانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	كَنَيْتُم	—
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	كَنَيْتُنَّ	تَكْنِينَ
I أَنا	كَنَيْتُ	أَكْنِي
we نَحْنُ	كَنَيْنا	نَكْنِي

From the same root

All words from ك ن ي →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries

كَنَى Form I He affixed a كِنَايَة

He affixed a كِنَايَة, meaning, with the Koofees, a pronoun, to a verb [&c.]: (TA in art. ريب:) but accord. to the usage of the verb in two instances in the M and K, voce رَابَ in art. ريب, it clearly means he spoke allusively. ― -b2- كَنَىَ بِهِ عَنْ كَدَم, He used it metonymically for such a word or phrase; he alluded thereby to such a thing.
كُنْيَةٌ A surname of relationship

A surname of relationship.
كِنَايَةٌ A metonymy

A metonymy: see تَعْرِيضٌ; where the difference between these two words is explained. ― -b2- Also, An allusion. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, and ↓ مُكَنًّى, accord. to De Sacy, in his Ar. Gr. i. 455, or ↓ مُكَنٍّ, for I find its plural written in a copy of the S مُكَنِّيَات, A pronoun; see كَنَى.
مُكَنٍّ Open entry

and مُكَنَّى:see كِنَايَةٌ.

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