ArabicGenius عَبْقَرِيُّ العَرَبِيَّةِ
takannaā

be nicknamed

تَكَنَّىَ

Word

Verb · Form V

Root

ك ن ي

Forms

Present
يَتَكَنَّى

In the library

فَقَالَ : اكْتَنِي بِابْنِكِ ، يَعْنِي : عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ ، فَكَانَتْ تُكَنَّى : أُمَّ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ.

Al-Adab al-Mufrad, page 283 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresent
he هُوَ تَكَنَّىيَتَكَنَّى
she هِيَ تَكَنَّتتَتَكَنَّى
they two (m.) هُما تَكَنَّيايَتَكَنَّيانِ
they two (f.) هُما تَكَنَّتاتَتَكَنَّيانِ
they (m.) هُمْ تَكَنَّوْايَتَكَنُّونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ تَكَنَّيْنَيَتَكَنَّيْنَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ تَكَنَّيْتَتَتَكَنَّى
you (f.) أَنْتِ تَكَنَّيْتِتَتَكَنِّينَ
you two أَنْتُما تَكَنَّيْتُماتَتَكَنَّيانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ تَكَنَّيْتُمتَتَكَنُّونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ تَكَنَّيْتُنَّتَتَكَنَّيْنَ
I أَنا تَكَنَّيْتُأَتَكَنَّى
we نَحْنُ تَكَنَّيْنانَتَكَنَّى

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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