أدكن

Arabic

Etymology

Color or defect adjective from the root د ك ن (d-k-n); compare دَكِنَ (dakina, “to be or become dark-colored”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔad.kan/

Adjective

أَدْكَن • (ʔadkan) (feminine دَكْنَاء (daknāʔ), common plural دُكْن (dukn))

1. dark (in color)

Declension

Declension of adjective أَدْكَن (ʔadkan)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَدْكَن ʔadkan	الْأَدْكَن al-ʔadkan	دَكْنَاء daknāʔ	الدَّكْنَاء ad-daknāʔ
Nominative	أَدْكَنُ ʔadkanu	الْأَدْكَنُ al-ʔadkanu	دَكْنَاءُ daknāʔu	الدَّكْنَاءُ ad-daknāʔu
Accusative	أَدْكَنَ ʔadkana	الْأَدْكَنَ al-ʔadkana	دَكْنَاءَ daknāʔa	الدَّكْنَاءَ ad-daknāʔa
Genitive	أَدْكَنَ ʔadkana	الْأَدْكَنِ al-ʔadkani	دَكْنَاءَ daknāʔa	الدَّكْنَاءِ ad-daknāʔi
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَدْكَنَيْن ʔadkanayn	الْأَدْكَنَيْن al-ʔadkanayn	دَكْنَاءَيْن daknāʔayn	الدَّكْنَاءَيْن ad-daknāʔayn
Nominative	أَدْكَنَانِ ʔadkanāni	الْأَدْكَنَانِ al-ʔadkanāni	دَكْنَاءَانِ daknāʔāni	الدَّكْنَاءَانِ ad-daknāʔāni
Accusative	أَدْكَنَيْنِ ʔadkanayni	الْأَدْكَنَيْنِ al-ʔadkanayni	دَكْنَاءَيْنِ daknāʔayni	الدَّكْنَاءَيْنِ ad-daknāʔayni
Genitive	أَدْكَنَيْنِ ʔadkanayni	الْأَدْكَنَيْنِ al-ʔadkanayni	دَكْنَاءَيْنِ daknāʔayni	الدَّكْنَاءَيْنِ ad-daknāʔayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	دُكْن dukn	الدُّكْن ad-dukn	دُكْن dukn	الدُّكْن ad-dukn
Nominative	دُكْنٌ duknun	الدُّكْنُ ad-duknu	دُكْنٌ duknun	الدُّكْنُ ad-duknu
Accusative	دُكْنًا duknan	الدُّكْنَ ad-dukna	دُكْنًا duknan	الدُّكْنَ ad-dukna
Genitive	دُكْنٍ duknin	الدُّكْنِ ad-dukni	دُكْنٍ duknin	الدُّكْنِ ad-dukni

Synonyms

• دَاكِن (dākin)

Antonyms

• فَاتِح (fātiḥ)

See also

• أَسْمَر (ʔasmar, “dark-skinned”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “دكن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN