كِنَايَة
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Highlights
Present tense
يَكْنِي
Verbal nouns
كِنَايَة، كُنْيَة، كِنْيَة
Active participle
كَانٍ
Passive participle
مَكْنِيّ
كَنَى in English
Verb · Form I
- indicate something metonymically, allude, refer to something in a veiled way
- to call someone by a nickname, to give them a nickname
- to bear a nickname
Words from the root ك-ن-ي
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كَنَى
· present يَكْنِي
Form I · The plain action
indicate something metonymically, allude, refer to something in a veiled way; to call someone by a nickname, to give them a nickname; to bear a nickname
كُنْيَة
kunya
كِنْيَة
كَانٍ
مَكْنِيّ
كَنَّى
· present يُكَنِّي
Form II · Causative or intensive
to designate with kunya, to nickname [+ transitive (object)] as
تَكْنِيَة
مُكَنٍّ
مُكَنًّى
كَنَى conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | كَنَيْتُ | أَكْنِي | أَكْنِيَ | أَكْنِ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | كَنَيْتَ | تَكْنِي | تَكْنِيَ | تَكْنِ | اِكْنِ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | كَنَيْتِ | تَكْنِينَ | تَكْنِي | تَكْنِي | اِكْنِي |
| هُوَ he | كَنَى | يَكْنِي | يَكْنِيَ | يَكْنِ | — |
| هِيَ she | كَنَتْ | تَكْنِي | تَكْنِيَ | تَكْنِ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | كَنَيْتُمَا | تَكْنِيَانِ | تَكْنِيَا | تَكْنِيَا | اِكْنِيَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | كَنَيَا | يَكْنِيَانِ | يَكْنِيَا | يَكْنِيَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | كَنَتَا | تَكْنِيَانِ | تَكْنِيَا | تَكْنِيَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | كَنَيْنَا | نَكْنِي | نَكْنِيَ | نَكْنِ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | كَنَيْتُمْ | تَكْنُونَ | تَكْنُوا | تَكْنُوا | اِكْنُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | كَنَيْتُنَّ | تَكْنِينَ | تَكْنِينَ | تَكْنِينَ | اِكْنِينَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | كَنَوْا | يَكْنُونَ | يَكْنُوا | يَكْنُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | كَنَيْنَ | يَكْنِينَ | يَكْنِينَ | يَكْنِينَ | — |
| Verbal noun | كِنَايَة، كُنْيَة، كِنْيَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | كَانٍ |
| Passive participle | مَكْنِيّ |
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