سكون

See also: شكون‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ك ن‎ (s-k-n).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /su.kuːn/
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Noun

سُكُون • (sukūn) m

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

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

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “سكون”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, 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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