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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 𐎐place, site, location
Canaanite
Hebrewמִכֶּןמ כ נForm of מ־ (mi-) including second-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object.
Aramaic
Syriacܡܐܟܢܐܡ ܟ ܢmachine, device, engine
Assyrian NAܡܲܟ݂ܢܲܫܬܵܐ ܒܸܪܩܵܝܬܵܐܡ ܟ ܢvacuum cleaner, sweeper
Arabic
Arabicمَكُنَم ك نto be or become strong or powerful
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezመካንመ ከ ነplace
Amharicመኪናመ ከ ነautomobile, car
Tigrinyaማኪናመ ከ ነcar, 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
  • mkntnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    place, site, location
    Compare Arabic مَكَانَة (makāna).

Classical Syriac

syc · 1 lemma
  • mēkannēnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    machine, device, engine
    From Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ).

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 1 lemma
  • maḵnaštā birqāytānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    vacuum cleaner, sweeper
    Possible calque of Arabic مِكْنَسَة كَهْرَبَائِيَّة (miknasat kahrabāʔiyya).

Hebrew

he · 3 lemmas
  • mikénprepinferred✡︎ m. Kil. 4:4Wiktionary ↗
    Form of מ־ (mi-) including second-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object.
  • mimkhénprepinferredWiktionary ↗
    Form of מִ־ (mi-) including second-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object.
  • yom kén yom lóphraseinferredWiktionary ↗
    every other day
    Literally, “one day yes, one day no”.

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas
  • makunaverbattested☪︎ Q.6:6Wiktionary ↗
    to be or become strong or powerful
  • makkanaverbattested☪︎ Q.6:6Wiktionary ↗
    to make strong, to strengthen, to empower
  • makinaverbattested☪︎ Q.6:6Wiktionary ↗
    to lay eggs or collect eggs in the stomach (of a locust or similar animal)
  • ʔamkanaverbattested☪︎ Q.6:6Wiktionary ↗
    to enable (someone مِن (min) something)
    1 derivation
  • ʔamkanadjattested☪︎ Q.6:6Wiktionary ↗
    elative degree of مَكِين (makīn)
  • muknanounattested☪︎ Q.6:6Wiktionary ↗
    capability, capacity, ability, strength
  • ʔimkānnounattested☪︎ Q.6:6Wiktionary ↗
    verbal noun of أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana) (form IV)
    Verbal noun of أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana).
    1 derivation
  • maknnouninferred☪︎ Q.6:6Wiktionary ↗
    verbal noun of مَكِنَ (makina) (form I)

Ge'ez

gez · 1 lemma

Amharic

am · 1 lemma
  • mäkinanouninferredWiktionary ↗
    automobile, car
    Borrowed from Italian macchina, from Latin machina, from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná).

Tigrinya

ti · 1 lemma
  • makkinanouninferredWiktionary ↗
    car, automobile
    Borrowed from Italian macchina.

Related rootsshare 2 of 3 consonants with m-k-n

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