قناع

Arabic

Root
ق ن ع (q-n-ʕ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qi.naːʕ/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): [qɪ.naːʕ], [ɡɪ.naːʕ]

Noun

قِنَاع • (qināʕ) m (plural أَقْنِعَة (ʔaqniʕa))

  1. (countable) a face covering, a mask
  2. (countable, anatomy) the sac enfolding the heart, the pericardium
  3. (countable, archaic) a head covering
    1. (countable, archaic) a wide veil for the head
      Synonym: خِمَار (ḵimār)
    2. (countable, archaic, by extension) a helmet
      Synonyms: بَيْضَة (bayḍa), خُوذَة (ḵūḏa)

Declension

Noun

قِنَاع • (qināʕ) m (plural قُنُع (qunuʕ))

  1. armor
  2. weapons

Declension

Further reading

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