سكون
See also: شكون
Arabic edit
Root |
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س ك ن (s-k-n) |
Etymology edit
Verbal noun of سَكَنَ (sakana).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
سُكُون • (sukūn) m
- verbal noun of سَكَنَ (sakana) (form I)
- quiet, rest, quietude
- stasis, stillness
- dwelling, living
- quiescence of a consonant
- (linguistics) sukun, sukūn (a sign in Arabic writing indicating the absence of a vowel)
- poverty, misery
- (computing) sleep mode
Declension edit
Declension of noun سُكُون (sukūn)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | سُكُون sukūn |
السُّكُون as-sukūn |
سُكُون sukūn |
Nominative | سُكُونٌ sukūnun |
السُّكُونُ as-sukūnu |
سُكُونُ sukūnu |
Accusative | سُكُونًا sukūnan |
السُّكُونَ as-sukūna |
سُكُونَ sukūna |
Genitive | سُكُونٍ sukūnin |
السُّكُونِ as-sukūni |
سُكُونِ sukūni |
Antonyms edit
- حَرَكَة (ḥaraka)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سكون”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “سكن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN