See also: شکن and س ك ن

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root س ك ن (s-k-n). Cognate with Hebrew שכן.

Pronunciation 1 edit

Verb edit

سَكَنَ (sakana) I, non-past يَسْكُنُ‎ (yaskunu)

  1. to be still, to be tranquil, to be peaceful
  2. to calm down, to repose, to rest
  3. (grammar) to be vowelless, to have no vowel
  4. to abate, to subside, to cease
  5. to pass, to go away, to leave
  6. to trust, to have faith, to be reassured
  7. to feel at home
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Verb edit

سَكَنَ (sakana) I, non-past يَسْكُنُ‎ (yaskunu)

  1. to live, to reside, to inhabit (construed with فِي () or بِ (bi) or direct object)
    أَسْكُنُ فِي ٱلْقَاهِرَةِʔaskunu fī l-qāhiratiI live in Cairo
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Pronunciation 2 edit

Verb edit

سَكَّنَ (sakkana) II, non-past يُسَكِّنُ‎ (yusakkinu)

  1. to calm, to reassure, to appease, to placate
  2. to soothe, to allay, to alleviate
  3. to make vowelless, to pronounce without a vowel
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Pronunciation 3 edit

Noun edit

سَكَن (sakanm

  1. verbal noun of سَكَنَ (sakana) (form I)
  2. time for rest, means for rest
  3. dwelling, abode, habitation
  4. inhabited area, habitations
  5. ashes
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Egyptian Arabic edit

Root
س ك ن
1 term

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

سكن (sikin, sakan) I (non-past يسكن (yuskun))

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to inhabit, to dwell

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South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
س ك ن
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic سَكَنَ (sakana).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sa.kan/, [ˈsa.kan]
  • (file)

Verb edit

سكن (sakan) I (present بسكن (boskon), active participle ساكن (sāken))

  1. to reside (somewhere)
    Synonym: عاش (ʕāš)
    بدّي اسكن لحالي.
    biddi askon la-ḥāli.
    I want to live by myself.
    احنا ساكنين في نفس البيت.
    eḥna sāknīn fi nafs il-bēt.
    We live in the same house.

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of سكن (sakan)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سكنت (sakant) سكنت (sakant) سكن (sakan) سكننا (sakanna) سكنتو (sakantu) سكنو (sakanu)
f سكنتي (sakanti) سكنت (saknat)
present m بسكن (baskon) بتسكن (btoskon) بسكن (boskon) منسكن (mnoskon) بتسكنو (btoskonu) بسكنو (boskonu)
f بتسكني (btoskoni) بتسكن (btoskon)
subjunctive m أسكن (ʔaskon) تسكن (toskon) يسكن (yoskon) نسكن (noskon) تسكنو (toskonu) يسكنو (yoskonu)
f تسكني (toskoni) تسكن (toskon)
imperative m اسكن (oskon) اسكنو (oskonu)
f اسكني (oskoni)