م ك ن

Arabic

Root

م ك ن • (m-k-n)

1. related to might, power

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: مَكُنَ (makuna, “to have power”)
  • Verbal noun: مَكَانَة (makāna)
  • Active participle: مَاكِن (mākin)
• Form II: مَكَّنَ (makkana, “to empower”)
  • Verbal noun: تَمْكِين (tamkīn)
  • Active participle: مُمَكِّن (mumakkin)
  • Passive participle: مُمَكَّن (mumakkan)
• Form IV: أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana, “to empower”)
  • Verbal noun: إِمْكَان (ʔimkān)
  • Active participle: مُمْكِن (mumkin)
  • Passive participle: مُمْكَن (mumkan)
• Form V: تَمَكَّنَ (tamakkana, “to gain power”)
  • Verbal noun: تَمَكُّن (tamakkun)
  • Active participle: مُتَمَكِّن (mutamakkin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَمَكَّن (mutamakkan)
• Form X: اِسْتَمْكَنَ (istamkana, “to gain foot; to gain power”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِمْكَان (istimkān)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَمْكِن (mustamkin)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَمْكَن (mustamkan)

Nouns

• مُكْنَة (mukna), مَكِنَة (makina, “power”)

Adjectives

• مَكِين (makīn, “solid, powerful”); pl. مُكَنَاء (mukanāʔ)

References

• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “م ك ن”, 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^[1] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 1139–1140