سكينة

Arabic

Root
س ك ن (s-k-n)

Etymology 1

An Arabic formation from the root س ك ن (s-k-n), but religious meanings are a semantic loan from Hebrew שְׁכִינָה (səḵīná).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.kiː.na/

Noun

سَكِينَة • (sakīna) f (plural سَكَائِن (sakāʔin))

  1. inner peace, tranquility, calmness
  2. (religion) presence of God, shechinah
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 48:4:
      هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلسَّكِينَةَ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
      He is the One Who sent down serenity upon the hearts of the believers.
Declension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sik.kiː.na/

Noun

سِكِّينَة • (sikkīna) f (plural سَكَاكِين (sakākīn))

  1. Alternative form of سِكِّين (sikkīn, knife)
Declension

References

  • Ahrens, Karl (1930) “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 84, page 19
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “سكينة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 335
  • Geiger, Abraham (1833, 1902) Was hat Mohammed aus dem Judenthume aufgenommen? (in German), 2nd edition, Leipzig: M. W. Kaufmann, page 53
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 174
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “سكينة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1116
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 24

Hijazi Arabic

Root
س ك ن
1 term
سَكِّينة

Etymology 1

From Arabic سِكِّينَة (sikkīna)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈk.kiːna/

Noun

سكينة • (sakkīna) f (plural سَكاكين (sakākīn))

  1. knife

Etymology 2

From Arabic سَكِينَة (sakīna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈkiːna/

Noun

سَكِينَة • (sakīna) f

  1. quietness
  2. calmness
See also

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِكِّينَة (sikkīna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sik.kiː.ne/, [sɪkˈkiː.ne], [-a]
  • (file)

Noun

سكّينة • (sikkīne) f (plural سكاكين (sakākīn))

  1. knife
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