Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb سكن  and explore some of its derivatives.

* سَـكـَـنَ    [V.I.] = 1) to stop moving or be silent.

                                           Ex. –  سـكـنـت الـريـحُ  =  The wind stopped.

                                  2) to calm down, ease or get relieved

                                            Ex. –  سـكـنـت نفسـُـهُ  = His soul calmed down.

                                                     – سـَـكـَـنَ الألمُ  = The pain eased / calmed down.

                                  3) to dwell, reside, inhabit, stay, settle or live in a place.

                                            Ex. – يسكن البدو في الصحراء  = Bedouins  live in the desert.

                                                   –تــَـسـْـكـُـنُ عائلتي في منزل كبير   = My family lives in a big house.

*  سـَـاكـِـنْ  [Adj.] = silent or not moving or quiet.

                                   Ex. – الليل ساكن في الصيف = The night is quiet / silent in summer.

*  سـُـكـُون  [N. U.] = silence, quietness or lack of movement.

*  سـَـكـِـيـنـَـة  [N. U.] = quietness or stability.  

* سـَـاكـِـنْ  [N. C.] =  a dweller, inhabitant, resident or a person who is living somewhere.

                                  Ex. – هناك ساكن جديد في المنزل المجاور 

                                           = There is a new resident in the next house.

* سـُـكـَّـان     [N. Pl.] = population or inhabitants. 

                                   Ex. –  سكان مصر هم خمسة و ثمانون مليون 

                                          = The population of Egypt are eighty-five millions.

                                          – لا تجد الكثير من السكان في الصحراء  

                                          = You can not find a lot of inhabitants in the desert.   

*  سـَـكـَـنْ / سـُـكـْـنـَـى / مـَـسـْـكـَـنْ  [N. C.] = accommodation, house or a place to live in; pl. مَـسـَـاكـِـن 

* أسـْـكـَـنَ   [V. T.] =  to accommodate or give someone a house.

                                 Ex. – أسكن والدي بعض الطلاب بالمنزل    

                                      = My father accommodated some students in the house.

* إسـْـكان  [N. U.] = housing or accommodation.  

* سـَـاكـَـنَ  [V. T.] = to share a house with someone.   

                                  Ex. – سـَـاكـَـنَ محمدٌ بعضَ الطلاب

                                         = Mohammad shared a house with some students.

* سـِـكـِّـيـن   [N.C.] = a knife, pl. سـَـكــَـاكـِيـن   

*  تـَـمَـسـْـكـَـنَ  [V. I.] = to pretend to be weak and poor. 

*   مـِـسـْـكـِـيـن  [N. C.] =  a poor and weak person, Pl.مَـسـَـاكـِـيـن

*  الـمـَـسـْـكـَـنـَـة [N. U.] = poverty and weakness.

*  اسـْـتــَـكانَ  [V. I.] = to surrender and submit.

*  اسـْـتـِـكانـَـة  [N. U.] = surrender and submission.

  – (Note: N.=Noun /C.= Countable / U.= Uncountable / V.= Verb / Ph. V. = Phrasal Verb / Adj.= Adjective / Adv.= Adverb / Prep.=Preposition / Pl.= Plural) 

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