أركون

Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn, “ruler”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔar.kuːn/

Noun

أَرْكُون • (ʔarkūn) m (plural أَرَاكِنَة (ʔarākina))

(philosophy, Gnosticism) one of the principal and fundamental elements or hypostases that keep together the material world or a personification thereof, archon
(Manichaeism) one of the five hypostases of the Realm of Darkness (the Beast, the Dragon, the Bird, the Fish, and the Lion) that make up the Protodevil and out of which the material world was partially created
Synonym: عُنْصُر (ʕunṣur, “hypostasis”)

Declension

Declension of noun **أَرْكُون** (ʔarkūn)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَرْكُون ʔarkūn	الْأَرْكُون al-ʔarkūn	أَرْكُون ʔarkūn
nominative	أَرْكُونٌ ʔarkūnun	الْأَرْكُونُ al-ʔarkūnu	أَرْكُونُ ʔarkūnu
accusative	أَرْكُونًا ʔarkūnan	الْأَرْكُونَ al-ʔarkūna	أَرْكُونَ ʔarkūna
genitive	أَرْكُونٍ ʔarkūnin	الْأَرْكُونِ al-ʔarkūni	أَرْكُونِ ʔarkūni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَرْكُونَيْن ʔarkūnayn	الْأَرْكُونَيْن al-ʔarkūnayn	أَرْكُونَيْ ʔarkūnay
nominative	أَرْكُونَانِ ʔarkūnāni	الْأَرْكُونَانِ al-ʔarkūnāni	أَرْكُونَا ʔarkūnā
accusative	أَرْكُونَيْنِ ʔarkūnayni	الْأَرْكُونَيْنِ al-ʔarkūnayni	أَرْكُونَيْ ʔarkūnay
genitive	أَرْكُونَيْنِ ʔarkūnayni	الْأَرْكُونَيْنِ al-ʔarkūnayni	أَرْكُونَيْ ʔarkūnay
plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَرَاكِنَة ʔarākina	الْأَرَاكِنَة al-ʔarākina	أَرَاكِنَة ʔarākinat
nominative	أَرَاكِنَةٌ ʔarākinatun	الْأَرَاكِنَةُ al-ʔarākinatu	أَرَاكِنَةُ ʔarākinatu
accusative	أَرَاكِنَةً ʔarākinatan	الْأَرَاكِنَةَ al-ʔarākinata	أَرَاكِنَةَ ʔarākinata
genitive	أَرَاكِنَةٍ ʔarākinatin	الْأَرَاكِنَةِ al-ʔarākinati	أَرَاكِنَةِ ʔarākinati

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:أركون.