kīān

entity

كِيان

Word

Noun · pattern فِعال

Root

ك ي ن

In the library

فأقول إن الأجساد قد كانت أرواحا في بدنها، فلما أصابها حر الكيان قلبها أجساداً لزجة غليظة، فلم تقدر النار على أكلها لإفراط غلظها وتلزجها.

The Muqaddimah, page 333 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries
  • اِسْتَكَانَ Form X Open entry
    : see اِسْتَكَنَ in art. سكن: and see art. كون.
  • كَيْنٌ Open entry
    (also written كَيْنَةٌ, K, voce زَرْنَبٌ): see بَظْرٌ.

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