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Etymology 1 edit

Root
م ك ن (m-k-n)

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مَكُنَ (makuna) I, non-past يَمْكُنُ‎ (yamkunu)

  1. to be or become strong
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Etymology 2 edit

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مَكَّنَ (makkana) II, non-past يُمَكِّنُ‎ (yumakkinu)

  1. to make strong, to strengthen, to empower
  2. to give the possibility; to enable
    • 2001, منذر يونس [Munther A. Younes], “اللص وشعاع النور [The Thief and a Ray of Light]”, in حكايات كليلة ودمنة لطلاب اللغة الغربية [Tales from Kalila Wa Dimna: For Students of Arabic], page 7:
      كُنْتُ أَعْرِفُ سِرًّا لَا يَعْرِفُهُ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي، وَذٰلِكَ السِّرُّ مَكَّنَنِي مِنَ السَّرِقَةِ بِسُهُولَةٍ دُونَ أَنْ يَقْبِضَ عَلَيَّ أَحَد.
      kuntu ʔaʕrifu sirran lā yaʕrifuhu ʔaḥadun ḡayrī, waḏālika s-sirru makkananī mina s-sariqati bisuhūlatin dūna ʔan yaqbiḍa ʕalayya ʔaḥad.
      I knew a secret nobody else knew, and that secret helped me steal easily without being caught.
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References edit

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