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ك ن س

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Arabic

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Root

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ك ن س (k-n-s)

  1. related to sweeping
  2. related to retreating, hiding (derivative due to animal (gazelle) behavior of entering hiding-place with swept ground (كِنَاس) )

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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “ك ن س”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 63–64
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “ك ن س”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2633–2634
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ك ن س”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1122–1123