سكن

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See also: شکن and س ك ن

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

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

Pronunciation

Verb

سَكَنَ (sakana) I (non-past يَسْكُنُ (yaskunu), verbal noun سُكُون (sukūn))

  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
Conjugation

Verb

سَكَنَ (sakana) I (non-past يَسْكُنُ (yaskunu), verbal noun سَكَن (sakan) or سُكْنَى (suknā))

  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
Conjugation

References

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Verb

سَكَّنَ (sakkana) II (non-past يُسَكِّنُ (yusakkinu), verbal noun تَسْكِين (taskīn))

  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
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Pronunciation

Noun

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
Declension

See also

Egyptian Arabic

Root
س ك ن
1 term

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

References

  • Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “سكن”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 421
  • Spiro, Socrates (1895) “سكن”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, pages 283–284

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ك ن
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَكَنَ (sakana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.kan/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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

    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)