m k n
17 lemmas · 8 languages
soundAll three consonants are regular✡︎ m. Kil. 4:4
Themes:place·2including·2personal·2pronoun·2object·2
POS shape:noun·9verb·4prep·2phrase·1adj·1
This root is attested across 8 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*m-k-nProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎎𐎋𐎐𐎚𐎎 𐎋 𐎐— place, site, location
Canaanite
Hebrewמִכֶּןמ כ נ— Form of מ־ (mi-) including second-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object.
Aramaic
Syriacܡܐܟܢܐܡ ܟ ܢ— machine, device, engine
Assyrian NAܡܲܟ݂ܢܲܫܬܵܐ ܒܸܪܩܵܝܬܵܐܡ ܟ ܢ— vacuum cleaner, sweeper
Arabic
Arabicمَكُنَم ك ن— to be or become strong or powerful
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezመካንመ ከ ነ— place
Amharicመኪናመ ከ ነ— automobile, car
Tigrinyaማኪናመ ከ ነ— car, automobile
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Ugaritic
irregular reflexug · 1 lemma- place, site, locationCompare Arabic مَكَانَة (makāna).
Classical Syriac
syc · 1 lemma- machine, device, engineFrom Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 1 lemma- vacuum cleaner, sweeperPossible calque of Arabic مِكْنَسَة كَهْرَبَائِيَّة (miknasat kahrabāʔiyya).
Hebrew
he · 3 lemmas- Form of מ־ (mi-) including second-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object.
- Form of מִ־ (mi-) including second-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object.
- every other dayLiterally, “one day yes, one day no”.
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- to be or become strong or powerful
- to make strong, to strengthen, to empower
- to lay eggs or collect eggs in the stomach (of a locust or similar animal)
- to enable (someone مِن (min) something)
▸ 1 derivation
- relatedمُمْكِنmumkin
- elative degree of مَكِين (makīn)
- capability, capacity, ability, strength
- verbal noun of أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana) (form IV)Verbal noun of أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana).
▸ 1 derivation
- derivedإِمْكَانِيَّةʔimkāniyya
- verbal noun of مَكِنَ (makina) (form I)
Ge'ez
gez · 1 lemma- placeCognate with Arabic مَكَان (makān).
Amharic
am · 1 lemma- automobile, carBorrowed from Italian macchina, from Latin machina, from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná).
Tigrinya
ti · 1 lemma- car, automobileBorrowed from Italian macchina.