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ك-و-ن

The Arabic root ك-و-ن (k-w-n)

Core idea: being, coming into existence

10 words in the dictionary are built from ك-و-ن, including verbs in Forms I, V. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Verb · Form I
to be
Noun
place
Noun
being
Noun
creature
Noun
مُكَوِّن
constituent
Verb · Form V
تَكَوَّنَ
to be established
Noun
مَكَانَة
place
Noun
تَكْوِين
formation

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

كَانَ · present يَكُونُ
Form I · The plain action

to be; forms the past perfect, past continuous, future perfect and future continuous tenses; to exist, to be, there be

Verbal noun
being
كِيَان
Verbal noun
entity
كَيْنُونَة
Verbal noun
Active participle
creature
Derived noun
place
مَكَانَة
Derived noun
place
تَكَوَّنَ · present يَتَكَوَّنُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to be established, to be created, to be formed, come into existence, be constituted; to arise, to develop, to come into being, to come into existence; to consist, to be composed

تَكَوُّن
Verbal noun
مُتَكَوِّن
Active participle

Other nouns and adjectives

مُكَوِّن
Noun
constituent
تَكْوِين
Noun
formation
زَمَكَان
Noun
spacetime

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