yaqn

certainty

يَقْن

Word

Noun · pattern فَعْل

Root

ي ق ن

In the library

فقيل: يقال مكان دميث ودمث، ويقين ويقن، ورصيف ورصف، وللفرس العتيد للعدو: العتد، والنّقيل من العدو: نقل، والخبيط من الورق: خبط، وللعديم: عدم، والبئر النّزيح:

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries

يَقِنَهُ Form I He knew it; he was, or became, certain, or sure, or he made sure, of it

, (S, Msb, K,) and يَقِنَ بِهِ; (Msb;) and ↓ أَيْقَنَهُ, (S, K,) and بِهِ ↓ ايقن; (K;) and ↓ تَيَقَّنَهُ; and ↓ اِسْتَيْقَنَهُ, (S, Msb, K,) and ↓ استيقن بِهِ; (K;) all signify the same; (S;) He knew it; he was, or became, certain, or sure, or he made sure, of it; syn. عَلِمَهُ; (Msb, K;) intuitively, and inferentially; (Msb;) [see 1 in art. علم;] and تَحَقَقَّهُ. (K.)
أَيْقَنَ Form IV Open entry

see 1.
تَيَقَّنَ Form V Open entry

see 1.
إِسْتَيْقَنَ Form X Open entry

see 1.
يَقِينٌ Sure, or certain, and manifest

is of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ, signifying Sure, or certain, and manifest. (Msb.) ― -b2- And knowledge, or certainty; [see ظَنٌّ;] instinctive and inferential. (Msb.) ― -b3- عَيْنُ اليَقِينِ: see عَيْنٌ (latter part). ― -b4- الحقُّ اليَقِينُ and حَقُّ اليَقِينِ: see جَامِعٌ; where the two words are said to have the same meaning: and Bd and Jel in lvi. 95; in the latter of which, اليقين in حَقُّ اليَقِينِ is expressly said to be an epithet: see also Ham, p. 335.

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