تمكن

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Arabic

Root
م ك ن (m k n)
7 terms

Etymology 1.1

Verb

تَمَكَّنَ (tamakkana) V (non-past يَتَمَكَّنُ (yatamakkanu), verbal noun تَمَكُّن (tamakkun))

  1. to be influential
  2. to be able to, to be in the position to
    • 2017 December 28, “التايمز تكشف عن مخبأ الآلاف من إرهابيي داعش الأجانب”, in The Baghdad Post:
      ويشار بحسب المجلة، بان اعداد إرهابيي داعش الأجانب ما زال كبيرا جدا على الرغم من التقديرات التي ترجح مقتل الآلاف منهم، حيث تظهر البيانات المجموعة من 33 دولة لها مواطنين يقاتلون مع عصابات داعش الإرهابية، ان ما يزيد عن 6000 منهم قد تمكنوا من العودة الى بلدانهم، فيما تصل اعداد الغائبين إلى الآلاف المضاعفة.
      It is shown by the magazine that the number of foreign ISIS terrorists has not ceased to be very large in spite of assessments that affirm the death of thousands of them as likely, whereas the data gathered from 33 states to which citizens fighting for terrorist ISIS groups belong reveals that more than 6000 of them have had the opportunity of returning to their homelands, while the number of absentees has reached several thousands.
  3. to master, to take the power over
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Noun

تَمَكُّن (tamakkunm

  1. power, might
    1. capability, ability
    2. control, mastery
Declension

Etymology 1.3

Verb

تمكن (form I)

  1. تَمْكُنُ (tamkunu) /tam.ku.nu/: inflection of مَكُنَ (makuna):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
  2. تَمْكُنَّ (tamkunna) /tam.kun.na/: second-person feminine plural non-past active indicative/subjunctive/jussive of مَكُنَ (makuna)
  3. تَمْكُنَ (tamkuna) /tam.ku.na/: inflection of مَكُنَ (makuna):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
  4. تَمْكُنْ (tamkun) /tam.kun/: inflection of مَكُنَ (makuna):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
  5. تَمْكَنُ (tamkanu) /tam.ka.nu/: inflection of مَكِنَ (makina):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
  6. تَمْكَنَّ (tamkanna) /tam.kan.na/: second-person feminine plural non-past active indicative/subjunctive/jussive of مَكِنَ (makina)
  7. تَمْكَنَ (tamkana) /tam.ka.na/: inflection of مَكِنَ (makina):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
  8. تَمْكَنْ (tamkan) /tam.kan/: inflection of مَكِنَ (makina):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive

Etymology 1.4

Verb

تمكن (form II)

  1. تُمَكِّنُ (tumakkinu) /tu.mak.ki.nu/: inflection of مَكَّنَ (makkana):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
  2. تُمَكِّنَّ (tumakkinna) /tu.mak.kin.na/: second-person feminine plural non-past active indicative/subjunctive/jussive of مَكَّنَ (makkana)
  3. تُمَكَّنُ (tumakkanu) /tu.mak.ka.nu/: inflection of مَكَّنَ (makkana):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
  4. تُمَكَّنَّ (tumakkanna) /tu.mak.kan.na/: second-person feminine plural non-past passive indicative/subjunctive/jussive of مَكَّنَ (makkana)
  5. تُمَكِّنَ (tumakkina) /tu.mak.ki.na/: inflection of مَكَّنَ (makkana):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
  6. تُمَكَّنَ (tumakkana) /tu.mak.ka.na/: inflection of مَكَّنَ (makkana):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
  7. تُمَكِّنْ (tumakkin) /tu.mak.kin/: inflection of مَكَّنَ (makkana):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
  8. تُمَكَّنْ (tumakkan) /tu.mak.kan/: inflection of مَكَّنَ (makkana):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Etymology 1.5

Verb

تمكن (form IV)

  1. تُمْكِنُ (tumkinu) /tum.ki.nu/: inflection of أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
  2. تُمْكِنَّ (tumkinna) /tum.kin.na/: second-person feminine plural non-past active indicative/subjunctive/jussive of أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana)
  3. تُمْكَنُ (tumkanu) /tum.ka.nu/: inflection of أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
  4. تُمْكَنَّ (tumkanna) /tum.kan.na/: second-person feminine plural non-past passive indicative/subjunctive/jussive of أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana)
  5. تُمْكِنَ (tumkina) /tum.ki.na/: inflection of أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
  6. تُمْكَنَ (tumkana) /tum.ka.na/: inflection of أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
  7. تُمْكِنْ (tumkin) /tum.kin/: inflection of أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
  8. تُمْكَنْ (tumkan) /tum.kan/: inflection of أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

References

  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “تمكن”, 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 (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1139