أدكن

Arabic

Etymology

Color or defect adjective from the root د ك ن (d k n); compare دَكِنَ (dakina, “to be or become dark-colored”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔad.kan/

Adjective

أَدْكَن • (ʔadkan) (feminine دَكْنَاء (daknāʔ), common plural دُكْن (dukn))

dark (in color)

Declension

Declension of adjective **أَدْكَن** (ʔadkan)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَدْكَن ʔadkan	الْأَدْكَن al-ʔadkan	دَكْنَاء daknāʔ	الدَّكْنَاء ad-daknāʔ
nominative	أَدْكَنُ ʔadkanu	الْأَدْكَنُ al-ʔadkanu	دَكْنَاءُ daknāʔu	الدَّكْنَاءُ ad-daknāʔu
accusative	أَدْكَنَ ʔadkana	الْأَدْكَنَ al-ʔadkana	دَكْنَاءَ daknāʔa	الدَّكْنَاءَ ad-daknāʔa
genitive	أَدْكَنَ ʔadkana	الْأَدْكَنِ al-ʔadkani	دَكْنَاءَ daknāʔa	الدَّكْنَاءِ ad-daknāʔi
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَدْكَنَيْن ʔadkanayn	الْأَدْكَنَيْن al-ʔadkanayn	دَكْنَاءَيْن daknāʔayn	الدَّكْنَاءَيْن ad-daknāʔayn
nominative	أَدْكَنَانِ ʔadkanāni	الْأَدْكَنَانِ al-ʔadkanāni	دَكْنَاءَانِ daknāʔāni	الدَّكْنَاءَانِ ad-daknāʔāni
accusative	أَدْكَنَيْنِ ʔadkanayni	الْأَدْكَنَيْنِ al-ʔadkanayni	دَكْنَاءَيْنِ daknāʔayni	الدَّكْنَاءَيْنِ ad-daknāʔayni
genitive	أَدْكَنَيْنِ ʔadkanayni	الْأَدْكَنَيْنِ al-ʔadkanayni	دَكْنَاءَيْنِ daknāʔayni	الدَّكْنَاءَيْنِ ad-daknāʔayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	دُكْن dukn	الدُّكْن ad-dukn	دُكْن dukn	الدُّكْن ad-dukn
nominative	دُكْنٌ duknun	الدُّكْنُ ad-duknu	دُكْنٌ duknun	الدُّكْنُ ad-duknu
accusative	دُكْنًا duknan	الدُّكْنَ ad-dukna	دُكْنًا duknan	الدُّكْنَ ad-dukna
genitive	دُكْنٍ duknin	الدُّكْنِ ad-dukni	دُكْنٍ duknin	الدُّكْنِ ad-dukni

Synonyms

دَاكِن (dākin)

Antonyms

فَاتِح (fātiḥ)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “دكن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN