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kannaā

nickname

كَنَّىَ

Word

Verb · Form II

Root

ك ن ي

Forms

Present
يُكَنِّي

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بَابُ : هَلْ يُكَنِّي أَبَاهُ ؟

Al-Adab al-Mufrad, page 18 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresent
he هُوَ كَنَّىيُكَنِّي
she هِيَ كَنَّتتُكَنِّي
they two (m.) هُما كَنَّيايُكَنِّيانِ
they two (f.) هُما كَنَّتاتُكَنِّيانِ
they (m.) هُمْ كَنَّوْايُكَنُّونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ كَنَّيْنَيُكَنِّينَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ كَنَّيْتَتُكَنِّي
you (f.) أَنْتِ كَنَّيْتِتُكَنِّينَ
you two أَنْتُما كَنَّيْتُماتُكَنِّيانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ كَنَّيْتُمتُكَنُّونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ كَنَّيْتُنَّتُكَنِّينَ
I أَنا كَنَّيْتُأُكَنِّي
we نَحْنُ كَنَّيْنانُكَنِّي

From the same root

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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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