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مكن

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
م ك ن (m k n)
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مَكُنَ (makuna) I (non-past يَمْكُنُ (yamkunu), verbal noun مَكَانَة (makāna))

  1. to be or become strong or powerful
  2. to have influence [with عِندَ ‘with someone’]
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Etymology 1.2

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مَكَّنَ (makkana) II (non-past يُمَكِّنُ (yumakkinu), verbal noun تَمْكِين (tamkīn))

  1. to make strong, to strengthen, to empower
  2. to give the possibility; to enable
    • 2001, منذر يونس [Munther A. Younes], “اللص وشعاع النور [The Thief and a Ray of Light]”, in حكايات كليلة ودمنة لطلاب اللغة الغربية [Tales from Kalila Wa Dimna: For Students of Arabic], page 7:
      كُنْتُ أَعْرِفُ سِرًّا لَا يَعْرِفُهُ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي، وَذٰلِكَ السِّرُّ مَكَّنَنِي مِنَ السَّرِقَةِ بِسُهُولَةٍ دُونَ أَنْ يَقْبِضَ عَلَيَّ أَحَد.
      kuntu ʔaʕrifu sirran lā yaʕrifuhu ʔaḥadun ḡayrī, waḏālika s-sirru makkananī mina s-sariqati bisuhūlatin dūna ʔan yaqbiḍa ʕalayya ʔaḥad.
      I knew a secret nobody else knew, and that secret helped me steal easily without being caught.
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Etymology 2.1

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مَكِنَ (makina) I (non-past يَمْكَنُ (yamkanu), verbal noun مَكْن (makn))

  1. to lay eggs or collect eggs in the stomach (of a locust or similar animal)
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Etymology 2.2

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Noun

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مَكْن (maknm

  1. verbal noun of مَكِنَ (makina) (form I)
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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “مكن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • مكن” in Almaany