ArabicGenius عَبْقَرِيُّ العَرَبِيَّةِ
iktanaā

be nicknamed

اِكْتَنَىَ

Word

Verb · Form VIII

Root

ك ن ي

Forms

Present
يَكْتَنِي

In the library

فلما ملك تسمى بمحمد، واكتنى بأبي المجاهد.

The Travels, page 228 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresent
he هُوَ اِكْتَنَىيَكْتَنِي
she هِيَ اِكْتَنَتتَكْتَنِي
they two (m.) هُما اِكْتَنَيايَكْتَنِيانِ
they two (f.) هُما اِكْتَنَتاتَكْتَنِيانِ
they (m.) هُمْ اِكْتَنَوْايَكْتَنُونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ اِكْتَنَيْنَيَكْتَنِينَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ اِكْتَنَيْتَتَكْتَنِي
you (f.) أَنْتِ اِكْتَنَيْتِتَكْتَنِينَ
you two أَنْتُما اِكْتَنَيْتُماتَكْتَنِيانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ اِكْتَنَيْتُمتَكْتَنُونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ اِكْتَنَيْتُنَّتَكْتَنِينَ
I أَنا اِكْتَنَيْتُأَكْتَنِي
we نَحْنُ اِكْتَنَيْنانَكْتَنِي

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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