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قنت

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Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
ق ن ت (q n t)
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قَنَتَ (qanata) I (non-past يَقْنُتُ (yaqnutu), verbal noun قُنُوت (qunūt))

  1. to be obedient, to be submissive, to be humble [with لِ (li) ‘to someone, e.g. God’]
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Etymology 1.2

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قَنَّتَ (qannata) II (non-past يُقَنِّتُ (yuqannitu), verbal noun تَقْنِيت (taqnīt))

  1. to be very obedient, to be very submissive [with لِ (li) ‘to someone’]
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Etymology 1.3

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Noun

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قَنُّت (qannutm pl

  1. plural of قَانِت (qānit)

Etymology 2.1

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Root
ق ن ت (q n t)
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Verb

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قَنُتَ (qanuta) I (non-past يَقْنُتُ (yaqnutu), verbal noun قَنَاتَة (qanāta))

  1. to eat a little
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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قنت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 926
  • Farid, Malik Ghulam (2006) “قنت”, in Dictionary of the Holy Qurʾan, Tilford, Surrey: Islam International Publications Ltd., →ISBN, page 705

Moroccan Arabic

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Root
ق ن ت
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Etymology

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From Old Spanish canto, from Latin canthus (metal rim of a wheel), from Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós), or from a Vulgar Latin cantus, of ultimately the same origin, or less likely Celtic origin, from Gaulish *cantos, from Proto-Celtic *cantos (corner), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ndʰ.

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قنت (quntm (plural قنات (qnāt))

  1. corner
    Synonym: ركنة (rukna)