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م-ك-ن

The Arabic root م-ك-ن (m-k-n)

Form I verb مَكُنَ: to be or become strong or powerful

12 words in the dictionary are built from م-ك-ن, including verbs in Forms I, II, IV, 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 IV
to enable
Verb · Form V
to be influential
Adjective
possible
Noun
إِمْكَان
possibility
Verb · Form I
مَكُنَ
to be or become strong or powerful
Verb · Form I
مَكِنَ
to lay eggs or collect eggs in the stomach

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

مَكُنَ · present يَمْكُنُ
Form I · The plain action

to be or become strong or powerful; to have influence

مَكَانَة
Verbal noun
مَكِين
Active participle
مَمْكُون
Passive participle
مَكِنَ · present يَمْكَنُ
Form I · The plain action

to lay eggs or collect eggs in the stomach (of a locust or similar animal)

مَكْن
Verbal noun
مَكُون
Active participle
مَكَّنَ · present يُمَكِّنُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to make strong, to strengthen, to empower; to give (someone) the possibility of doing something; to enable (someone to do something)

تَمْكِين
Verbal noun
empowerment
مُمَكِّن
Active participle
مُمَكَّن
Passive participle
أَمْكَنَ · present يُمْكِنُ
Form IV · Causative

to enable (someone مِن (min) something); to be possible for (someone)

إِمْكَان
Verbal noun
possibility
Active participle
possible
مُمْكَن
Passive participle
تَمَكَّنَ · present يَتَمَكَّنُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to be influential; to be able to, to be in the position to; to master, to take the power over

تَمَكُّن
Verbal noun
power
مُتَمَكِّن
Active participle
مُتَمَكَّن
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Noun
possibility
مُكْنَة
Noun
capability

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