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Highlights
Plural
كَنَائِس
Most common words from the same root
Noun
مِكْنَسَة
broom
كَنِيسَة in English
Noun · feminine
- church (building and organization)
- synagogue (building and organization)
- a kind of palanquin or litter in which the rider conceals himself obsolete
Word origin
From the root ك ن س (k n s), referring to congregation and sweeping together. Compare the Hebrew root כ־נ־ס (k-n-s), whence Hebrew כְּנֶסֶת (knéset). Apparently, however, the sense of synagogue is a semantic loan from Aramaic כְּנִישְׁתָּא (kənīštā), כְּנִישָׁא (kənīšā), from the root כ־נ־שׁ (k-n-š), to which the Christian sense was added later.
Words from the root ك-ن-س
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church
كَنِيس
synagogue
كُنَاسَة
sweepings
كَنَّاسَة
tool for sweeping
كِنَاس
covert
كَنَّاس
sweeper
كَنِيسَة: plural and other forms
| Singular | كَنِيسَة |
|---|---|
| Plural | كَنَائِس |
كَنِيسَة in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
وَمِنْ مِيلِيتُسَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى أَفَسُسَ وَاسْتَدْعَى قُسُوسَ الْكَنِيسَةِ.And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.Acts 20:17, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
قَائِلاً: «أُخَبِّرُ بِاسْمِكَ إِخْوَتِي، وَفِي وَسَطِ الْكَنِيسَةِ أُسَبِّحُكَ».Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.Hebrews 2:12, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَصَارَ خَوْفٌ عَظِيمٌ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْكَنِيسَةِ وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ سَمِعُوا بِذلِكَ.And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.Acts 5:11, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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