كنس

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Form 1كَنَسَ4 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarكَنْسٌ كُنُوسٌ

Core sense — he swept a place; he (an antelope) entered his covertgenerated

1.1

He swept a house, or chamber, or place, with a مِكْنَسَة [or broom].

1.1.1figurative · مجازthey passed by them and swept them away, or destroyed them—مَرُّوا بِهِمْ فَكَنَسُوهُمْ

Synonymous with كَسَحُوهُمْ.

1.2figurative · مجازhe (an antelope) entered his covert among trees—كَنَسَ

His كِنَاس is his covert, or hiding-place, among trees; or his abode; or his cave.

Also تكنّس and اكتنس, which are likewise said of a wild bull or cow in the same sense.

he (a man) entered the tent—تكنّس

she (a woman) entered the هَوْدَج [or camel-litter]—تكنّست

Or: he hid himself, and entered the tent.

Apparently taken from the saying of Lebeed, فَتَكَنَّسُوا قُطْنًا, meaning: and they entered هَوَادِج [or camel-litters] covered with cloths of cotton.

1.2.1figurative · مجازthe stars hid themselves in their places of setting, like antelopes in their كُنُس [or coverts]—كَنَسَتِ النُّجُومُ

Or: they continued in their courses and then departed, returning. Or the stars, meaning the planets, became stationary in their circuiting or revolving.

See كَانِسٌ.

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, (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) aor. كَنُسَ , (S, Msb,) or كَنِسَ , (Mgh,) inf. n. كَنْسٌ , (S, Mgh, Msb,) He swept (Mgh, TA) a house, or chamber, (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) or place, (TA,) with a مِكْنَسَة [or broom]. (A, Mgh.) مَرُّوا بِهِمْ فَكَنَسُوهُمْ They passed by them and swept them away, or destroyed them; syn. كَسَحُوهُمْ . (A, TA.) كَنَسَ , (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. كَنِسَ , (S, Msb, K,) or كَنُسَ , (Mgh,) inf. n. كُنُوسٌ , (Mgh, Msb,) He (an antelope) entered his كِنَاس , (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) i. e., his covert, or hiding-place, among trees; (S, K;) or abode; (Msb;) or cave; (TA;) as also تكنّس (S, A, Mgh, K) and اكتنس ;) (A, TA;) which two verbs are likewise said of a wild bull or cow, in the same sense. (TA.) [Hence,] تكنّس also signifies He (a man, TA) entered the tent: (K:) or hid himself, and entered the tent. (TA.) And تكنّست She (a woman) entered the هَوْدَج [or camel-litter]: (K:) app. taken from the saying of Lebeed, فَتَكَنَّسُوا قُطْنًا , meaning, and they entered هَوَادِج [or camel-litters] covered with cloths of cotton. (TA.) [Hence also,] كَنَسَتِ النُّجُومُ , (Zj,) aor. كَنِسَ , (AO, Zj, S, K,) inf. n. كُنُوسٌ , (Lth, Zj,) The stars hid themselves in their place, or places, of setting, (AO, Zj, S, K, *) like antelopes in their كُنُس [or coverts]: (K:) [or] continued in their courses and then departed, returning: (Zj:) or the stars [here meaning planets] became stationary in their circuiting or revolving. (Lth.) See كَانِسٌ .

Form 5تَكَنَّسَ1 sense

Core sense — he (an antelope) entered his covert among treesgenerated

5.1

See form 1; this verb occurs there in four places.

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see 1; the former, in four places.

Form 8إِكْتَنَسَ1 sense

Core sense — he (an antelope) entered his covert among treesgenerated

8.1

See form 1; this verb occurs there in four places.

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see 1; the former, in four places.

Derived nouns 9

Nounكِنَاسٌ1 sense

Core sense — a gazelle's covert, or hiding-place, among treesgenerated

1a place a gazelle, or a wild bull or cow, enters to shelter from the heat—مَكْنِسٌ

A gazelle's covert, or hiding-place, among trees: so called because he sweeps the sand, or in the sand, until he reaches the soil, or moist earth; or his abode; or his cave.

Plural: أَكْنِسَةٌ for a small number, and كُنُسٌ and كُنَّسٌ for a large number; and كُنُسَاتٌ is a plural of the plural كُنُسٌ.

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A gazelle's covert, or hiding-place, among trees: (S, K:) so called because he sweeps ( يكنس ) the sand, or in the sand, [accord. to different copies of the K,] until he reaches the soil, or moist earth: (K, * TA:) or his abode: (Msb:) or cave: (TA:) and [in like manner] مَكْنِسٌ a place into which a gazelle or a wild bull or cow enters to protect itself therein from the heat: (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَكْنِسَةٌ (TA) and [of mult.] كُنُسٌ and كُنَّسٌ (K) and [pl. pl., i. e., pl. of كُنُسٌ ,] كُنُسَاتٌ . (TA.)

Nounكُنَاسَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — sweepings; the place where sweepings are throwngenerated

Sweepings; the dust of a house that is swept and thrown into a heap.

1.1

Also: the place of sweepings; the place where sweepings are thrown.

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Sweepings; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) the dust of a house that is swept and thrown into a heap. (Lh.) Also, The place of sweepings; (Mgh;) the place where sweepings are thrown. (TA.)

Nounكَنِيسَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a Christian church; a Jewish synagogue; a shaded cover on a camel-littergenerated

A place of worship of the Christians [a Christian church]; or of the Jews only [a Jewish synagogue], that of the Christians being called بِيعَةٌ [Chaldee]; or both, the word being sometimes applied to a church as well as to a synagogue; or a place of worship of unbelievers generally.

An arabicized word, from the Chaldee just mentioned, or from the Persian كُنِسْتْ or كَنَسْتْ [meaning “a fire-temple”].

Plural: كَنَائِسُ.

A thing resembling the kind of camel-litter called a هَوْدَج: twigs, or branches, stuck in a مَحْمِل or a رَحْل, with a cloth thrown over them, in which the rider sits in the shade and hides himself.

Of the measure فَعِيلَةٌ, from كُنُوسٌ [a maṣdar of كَنَسَ].

Plural as above.

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A place of worship (K) of the Christians; [a Christian church:] (S, A, K:) or of the Jews; (Sgh, K;) i. e., of the Jews only: [a Jewish synagogue;] that of Christians being called بِيعَةٌ : (Sgh:) [Chald : (Golius:)] or both; (Mgh, Msb;) being sometimes applied to the former [in classical times, as it is in the present day, as well as to the latter]: (Msb:) or of unbelievers, (K,) absolutely: (TA:) an arabicized word, [from the Chaldee mentioned above, or] from [the Persian word] كُنِسْتْ (Az, Mgh) or كَنَسْتْ (TA) [signifying “ a firetemple ”]: pl. كَنَائِسُ . (A, Msb.) A thing resembling [the kind of camel-litter called] a هَوْدَج , composed of twigs, or branches, stuck in a مَحْمِل or a رَحْل , with a cloth thrown over them, in which the rider sits in the shade and conceals himself: (Mgh, Msb:) of the measure فَعِيلَةٌ from كُنُوسٌ [an inf. n. of كَنَسَ ]: (Mgh:) pl. as above. (Msb.)

Nounكَنَّاسٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who sweeps priviesgenerated

One who sweeps حُشُوش [meaning privies].

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One who sweeps حُشُوش [meaning privies]. (A, TA.)

Nounكَانِسٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — entering his covert among trees; the stars that setgenerated

An antelope, or a wild bull, entering his كِنَاس, that is, his covert or hiding-place among trees.

Feminine with ة. Plurals: كُنَّسٌ, both of the masculine and of the feminine; كَوَانِسُ, of the masculine [and of the feminine also by rule]; and كُنُوسٌ.

1.1figurative · مجازthe stars—الكُنَّسُ

Also الجَوَارِى الكُنَّسُ; in the Qur'ān 81:16.

So called because they hide themselves in their place of setting; or the stars that rise, run their course, and hide themselves in their places of setting; or all the stars, because they appear by night and lie hidden by day.

Or the same as الخُنَّسُ, that is, السَّيَّارَةُ or السَّيَّارَاتُ or الخُنَّسُ السَّيَّارَةُ: the five stars, or planets, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury; because they hide themselves in their place of setting, like antelopes in their كُنُس [or coverts]; or because they become hidden beneath the light of the sun.

Or the planets that become hidden in their courses: each runs its course, becomes stationary in its place of circuiting, then circuits again, then departs, returning.

Or the angels.

Or the wild bulls or cows, and the wild antelopes, that enter their كُنُس [or coverts] when the heat is violent.

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An antelope, (S, A, TA,) and a wild bull, (TA,) entering his كِنَاس , (S, A, TA,) i. e., his covert, or hiding-place, among trees: (S:) fem. with ة : (Zj:) pl. كُنَّسٌ , both of the masc. and fem., (Zj,) and كَوَانِسُ , of the masc., (A,) [and of the fem. also accord. to rule,] and كُنُوسٌ . (TA.) [Hence,] الكُنَّسُ , (S,) or الجَوَارِى الكُنَّسُ , (K,) [in the Kur, lxxxi. 16,] The stars; because they hide themselves in their place of setting: (AO, S:) or the stars that rise running their course, and hide themselves in their places of setting: (Zj:) or all the stars; because they appear by night and lie hidden by day: (K:) or i. q. الخُنَّسُ , (K, TA,) i. e., السَّيَّارَةُ , (TA,) or السَّيَّارَاتُ , (Bd,) or الخُنَّسُ السَّيَّارَةُ , (S,) the five stars, [or planets,] Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury; (TA;) because they hide themselves in their place of setting, like antelopes in their كُنُس [or coverts]; (K;) or because they become hidden beneath the light of the sun: (Bd:) or the stars [meaning plants] that become hidden in their courses, and run their courses and become stationary in their places of circuiting, and then circuit [again]; every star [of those thus named] having a circuit in which it becomes stationary, and [then] revolves [again], and then it departs, returning: (Lth:) or the angels: (K:) or the wild bulls or cows, and the wild antelopes, (Zj, K,) that enter their كُنُس [or coverts] when the heat is vehement. (Zj.)

Nounمَكْنِسٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a gazelle's covert among trees; a place of suspiciongenerated

Plural مَكَانِسُ. See كِنَاسٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe places of suspicion—مَكَانِسُ الرَّيْبِ

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: [pl. مَكَانِسُ :] see كِنَاسٌ . [Hence,] مَكَانِسُ الرَّيْبِ The places of suspicion. (TA.)

Nounمِكْنَسَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a broom, a thing with which one sweepsgenerated

A broom; a thing with which one sweeps. Plural: مَكَانِسُ.

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A broom; a thing with which one sweeps: (S, A, Msb:) pl. مَكَانِسُ . (A, TA.)

Nounمُكَنِّسٌ1 sense

Core sense — a maker of broomsgenerated

A maker of brooms.

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A maker of brooms. (Golius, from Meyd.)

Nounكَنِيسٌ1 sense

Core sense — a kind of roast flesh-meatgenerated

[A kind of roast flesh-meat]: see مَرْمُوضٌ.

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[a kind of roast flesh-meat]: see مَرْمُوضٌ .