ك ن س

Arabic

Root

ك ن س • (k-n-s)

1. related to sweeping
2. related to retreating, hiding (derivative due to animal (gazelle) behavior of entering hiding-place with swept ground (كِنَاس) )

Derived terms

• Form I: كَنَسَ (kanasa, “to hide, to retreat”)
  • Verbal noun: كُنُوس (kunūs)
  • Active participle: كَانِس (kānis)
• Form I: كَنَسَ (kanasa, “to sweep”)
  • Verbal noun: كَنْس (kans)
  • Active participle: كَانِس (kānis)
  • Passive participle: مَكْنُوس (maknūs)
• Form V: تَكَنَّسَ (takannasa, “to hide, to retreat”)
  • Verbal noun: تَكَنُّس (takannus)
  • Active participle: مُتَكَنِّس (mutakannis)
• Form VIII: اِكْتَنَسَ (iktanasa, “to hide, to retreat”)
  • Verbal noun: اِكْتِنَاس (iktinās)
  • Active participle: مُكْتَنِس (muktanis)

• كِنَاس (kinās, “covert, den, burrow”)
• كُنَاسَة (kunāsa, “sweepings”)
• كَنَّاسَة (kannāsa, “sweeping tool”)
• كَنَّاس (kannās, “sweeper, scavenger”)
• كَنِيسَة (kanīsa, “congregation”)
• كَنِيس (kanīs, “congregation”)
• مَكْنَس (maknas, “hiding place”)
• مِكْنَسَة (miknasa, “broom”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “ك ن س”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 63–64
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ك ن س”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2633–2634
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ك ن س”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1122–1123