تقن

Arabic

Root
ت ق ن (t-q-n)

Etymology

Compare with Hebrew תֶּקֶן (téqen, “standard”) and תִּיקּוּן (tiqun, “improvement, repair”)

Noun

تِقن • (tiqn) m

1. nature, disposition
2. ability
3. improvement, refinement

Declension

Declension of noun تِقن (tiqn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تِقن tiqn	التِّقن at-tiqn	تِقن tiqn
Nominative	تِقنٌ tiqnun	التِّقنُ at-tiqnu	تِقنُ tiqnu
Accusative	تِقنًا tiqnan	التِّقنَ at-tiqna	تِقنَ tiqna
Genitive	تِقنٍ tiqnin	التِّقنِ at-tiqni	تِقنِ tiqni

Adjective

تِقن • (tiqn)

1. skillful

Declension

Declension of adjective تِقن (tiqn)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	تِقن tiqn	التِّقن at-tiqn	تِقنَة tiqna	التِّقنَة at-tiqna
Nominative	تِقنٌ tiqnun	التِّقنُ at-tiqnu	تِقنَةٌ tiqnatun	التِّقنَةُ at-tiqnatu
Accusative	تِقنًا tiqnan	التِّقنَ at-tiqna	تِقنَةً tiqnatan	التِّقنَةَ at-tiqnata
Genitive	تِقنٍ tiqnin	التِّقنِ at-tiqni	تِقنَةٍ tiqnatin	التِّقنَةِ at-tiqnati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	تِقنَيْن tiqnayn	التِّقنَيْن at-tiqnayn	تِقنَتَيْن tiqnatayn	التِّقنَتَيْن at-tiqnatayn
Nominative	تِقنَانِ tiqnāni	التِّقنَانِ at-tiqnāni	تِقنَتَانِ tiqnatāni	التِّقنَتَانِ at-tiqnatāni
Accusative	تِقنَيْنِ tiqnayni	التِّقنَيْنِ at-tiqnayni	تِقنَتَيْنِ tiqnatayni	التِّقنَتَيْنِ at-tiqnatayni
Genitive	تِقنَيْنِ tiqnayni	التِّقنَيْنِ at-tiqnayni	تِقنَتَيْنِ tiqnatayni	التِّقنَتَيْنِ at-tiqnatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	—		—
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	—	—	—	—
Nominative	—	—	—	—
Accusative	—	—	—	—
Genitive	—	—	—	—

Further reading

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “تقن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 195
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “تقن”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 202
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “تقن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 309
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “تقن”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[4], London: W.H. Allen, page 183
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “تقن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 115

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ت ق ن
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic أَتْقَنَ (ʔatqana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tqan/

Verb

تقن • (tqan) I (non-past يتقَن (yitqan) or يتقُن (yitqun) or يُتقُن (yutqun))

1. to perfect

Conjugation

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