سُكُون
quiet
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Highlights
Plural
سُكّان
Other plural
سَاكِنُون
Feminine
سَاكِنَة
Most common words from the same root
Noun
مَسْكَن
residence
Adjective
سَكَنِيّ
residential
Verb · Form I
سَكَنَ
to live
Noun
سَكَن
time for rest
Noun
سَكِينَة
inner peace
سَاكِن in English
Noun · masculine
- inhabitant
Word origin
Derived from the active participle of the verb سَكَنَ (sakana, “to live, to inhabit”).
Words from the root س-ك-ن
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
سَكَنَ
· present يَسْكُنُ
Form I · The plain action
to be still, to be tranquil, to be peaceful; to calm down, to repose, to rest; to be vowelless, to have no vowel
inhabitant
سَاكِن
stationary
مَسْكُون
passive participle of سَكَنَ
مَسْكَن
residence
سَكْنَة
instance noun of سَكَنَ
سَكَنَ
· present يَسْكُنُ
Form I · The plain action
to live, to reside, to inhabit (construed with فِي (fī) or بِ (bi) or direct object)
سَكَن
time for rest
سُكْنَى
سَاكِن
مَسْكُون
سَكَّنَ
· present يُسَكِّنُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to calm, to reassure, to appease, to placate; to soothe, to allay, to alleviate; to make vowelless, to pronounce without a vowel
تَسْكِين
pacification
مُسَكِّن
soothing
مُسَكِّن
analgesic
مُسَكَّن
سَاكَنَ
· present يُسَاكِنُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to live together, to share quarters with (someone)
مُسَاكَنَة
cohabitation
مُسَاكِن
مُسَاكَن
أَسْكَنَ
· present يُسْكِنُ
Form IV · Causative
to settle, lodge (someone)
إِسْكَان
causing to inhabit or settle
مُسْكِن
مُسْكَن
تَسَكَّنَ
· present يَتَسَكَّنُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to become poor; to imitate poverty, to imitate the poor; to be calm
تَسَكُّن
مُتَسَكِّن
تَسَاكَنَ
· present يَتَسَاكَنُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to live together; to coexist
تَسَاكُن
مُتَسَاكِن
مُتَسَاكَن
اِسْتَكَانَ
· present يَسْتَكِينُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to submit (to), to yield (to); to surrender oneself willingly.; to humble oneself (before), to abase oneself (before a person or authority).; to give in (to), to succumb (to); to cease resistance under pressure.
اِسْتِكَانَة
مُسْتَكِين
مُسْتَكَان
سَكَنِيّ
residential
سَكِينَة
inner peace
سُكْنَة
tranquillity
مَسْكُونَة
the inhabited world
سُكُونَة
tranquillity
سَكِنَة
a place of habitation
مَسْكَنَة
poverty
سَاكِن: plural and other forms
| Singular | سَاكِن |
|---|---|
| Plural | سُكّان |
| Alternative plurals | سَاكِنُون |
| Feminine | سَاكِنَة |
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