سكين

See also: شكين

Arabic

سِكِّين

Alternative forms

• سِكِّينَة (sikkīna)

Etymology

From Aramaic סכינא (sakkīnā), from Akkadian 𒄑𒍣𒃶 (sikkānum, “oar, steering paddle, rudder blade”), from Sumerian 𒄑𒍣𒃶 (^g̃ešzi-gan /⁠zigan⁠/, “oar, steering paddle, rudder blade”). This is related to or possibly conflated with the Semitic س ك ن (s-k-n) meaning to stay in place, to be held at rest, and with the Akkadian 𒄑𒆕 (sikkatum, “peg, nail, a lock or pin broach, cone, wedge, pyramid, pinnacle, plowshare”), a source attested also in Arabic سَكّ (sakk, “pin, peg, nail, stake, wedge, plowshare”); cognate with Classical Syriac ܣܰܟܺܝܢܳܐ (sakkīnā) and Hebrew סַכִּין (sakkī́n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sik.kiːn/

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Noun

سِكِّين • (sikkīn) m or f (plural سَكَاكِين (sakākīn))

1. knife

Declension

Declension of noun سِكِّين (sikkīn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِكِّين sikkīn	السِّكِّين as-sikkīn	سِكِّين sikkīn
Nominative	سِكِّينٌ sikkīnun	السِّكِّينُ as-sikkīnu	سِكِّينُ sikkīnu
Accusative	سِكِّينًا sikkīnan	السِّكِّينَ as-sikkīna	سِكِّينَ sikkīna
Genitive	سِكِّينٍ sikkīnin	السِّكِّينِ as-sikkīni	سِكِّينِ sikkīni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِكِّينَيْن sikkīnayn	السِّكِّينَيْن as-sikkīnayn	سِكِّينَيْ sikkīnay
Nominative	سِكِّينَانِ sikkīnāni	السِّكِّينَانِ as-sikkīnāni	سِكِّينَا sikkīnā
Accusative	سِكِّينَيْنِ sikkīnayni	السِّكِّينَيْنِ as-sikkīnayni	سِكِّينَيْ sikkīnay
Genitive	سِكِّينَيْنِ sikkīnayni	السِّكِّينَيْنِ as-sikkīnayni	سِكِّينَيْ sikkīnay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَكَاكِين sakākīn	السَّكَاكِين as-sakākīn	سَكَاكِين sakākīn
Nominative	سَكَاكِينُ sakākīnu	السَّكَاكِينُ as-sakākīnu	سَكَاكِينُ sakākīnu
Accusative	سَكَاكِينَ sakākīna	السَّكَاكِينَ as-sakākīna	سَكَاكِينَ sakākīna
Genitive	سَكَاكِينَ sakākīna	السَّكَاكِينِ as-sakākīni	سَكَاكِينِ sakākīni

Derived terms

• سَكَاكِينِيّ (sakākīniyy)
• سَكَّان (sakkān)

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: سچين (siččīn)

References

• Jeffery, Arthur (1938) “سِكِّين”, in The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 173
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “سكن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN