سكون

See also: شكون

Arabic

Root
س ك ن (s k n)
18 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of سَكَنَ (sakana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.kuːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

سُكُون • (sukūn) m

  1. verbal noun of سَكَنَ (sakana) (form I)
  2. quiet, rest, quietude
  3. stasis, stillness
  4. dwelling, living
  5. quiescence of a consonant
  6. (linguistics) sukun, sukūn (a sign in Arabic writing indicating the absence of a vowel)
  7. poverty, misery
  8. (computing) sleep mode

Declension

Declension of noun سُكُون (sukūn)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal سُكُون
sukūn 		السُّكُون
as-sukūn 		سُكُون
sukūn
nominative سُكُونٌ
sukūnun 		السُّكُونُ
as-sukūnu 		سُكُونُ
sukūnu
accusative سُكُونًا
sukūnan 		السُّكُونَ
as-sukūna 		سُكُونَ
sukūna
genitive سُكُونٍ
sukūnin 		السُّكُونِ
as-sukūni 		سُكُونِ
sukūni

Antonyms

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: sükun
  • → Persian: سکون
  • → Ottoman Turkish: سكون (sükûn)

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سكون”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎[1], London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سكن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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