كأن

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See also: کان, كان, and گان

Arabic

Etymology

From كَ (ka) +‎ أَنَّ (ʔanna).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

كَأَنَّ • (kaʔanna)

  1. as if

Inflection

    Inflected forms
Base form كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms 		Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person كَأَنَّنِي (kaʔannanī) كَأَنَّنَا (kaʔannanā)
Second person كَأَنَّكَ (kaʔannaka) كَأَنَّكِ (kaʔannaki) كَأَنَّكُمَا (kaʔannakumā) كَأَنَّكُمْ (kaʔannakum) كَأَنَّكُنَّ (kaʔannakunna)
Third person كَأَنَّهُ (kaʔannahu) كَأَنَّهَا (kaʔannahā) كَأَنَّهُمَا (kaʔannahumā) كَأَنَّهُمْ (kaʔannahum) كَأَنَّهُنَّ (kaʔannahunna)

Conjunction

كَأَنْ • (kaʔan)

  1. as if
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 10:24:
      فَجَعَلْنَاهَا حَصِيدًا كَأَنْ لَمْ تَغْنَ بِالْأَمْسِ كَذٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
      fa-jaʕalnāhā ḥaṣīdan kaʔan lam taḡna bi-l-ʔamsi kaḏālika nufaṣṣilu l-ʔāyāti li-qawmin yatafakkarūna
      We make it as a harvest, as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do We explain in detail the signs for a people who give thought.
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