كمن

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Etymology 1

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كَـ (ka-) +‎ مَنْ (man)

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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كَمَنْ (kaman)

  1. like those who
    • 1956, Naguib Mahfouz, chapter 11, in بين القصرين, Cairo:
      لَسْتُ كَمَنْ عَرَفْتَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ.
      lastu kaman ʕarafta mina n-nisāʔi.
      I am not like those women whom you've known.

Etymology 2

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Root
ك م ن (k m n)
7 terms

Verb

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كَمَنَ (kamana) I (non-past يَكْمُنُ (yakmunu), verbal noun كُمُون (kumūn)) كَمِنَ (kamina) I (non-past يَكْمَنُ (yakmanu), verbal noun كُمُون (kumūn))

  1. to hide, to lie hidden, to be concealed, to be latent [with فِي () ‘in a place’]
  2. to ambush, to waylay [with لِ (li) ‘someone’]
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Verb

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كَمَّنَ (kammana) II (non-past يُكَمِّنُ (yukamminu), verbal noun تَكْمِين (takmīn))

  1. to ambush, to waylay
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