"كان" meaning in All languages combined

See كان on Wiktionary

Proper name [Arabic]

Forms: Kān [romanization]
Etymology: From French Caen, q.v. Etymology templates: {{bor|ar|fr|Caen}} French Caen Head templates: {{ar-proper noun|tr=Kān}} كان • (Kān) ?
  1. Caen (a city in France) Categories (place): Cities in France, Places in France
    Sense id: en-كان-ar-name-0NFFVnSU Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [Arabic]

Forms: كَان⁩ [canonical], Kān [romanization]
Etymology: From French Cannes, q.v. Etymology templates: {{bor|ar|fr|Cannes}} French Cannes Head templates: {{ar-proper noun|كَان⁩|tr=Kān}} كَان⁩ • (Kān) ?
  1. Cannes (a city in France) Categories (place): Cities in France, Places in France Related terms: لَيْسَ (laysa)
    Sense id: en-كان-ar-name-x~JQAwdO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb [Arabic]

IPA: /kaː.na/ Audio: Ar-كان.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *kawan- (“to be or exist in a place”). Compare Ge'ez ኮነ (konä), Akkadian 𒄀𒈾 (kânum). Etymology templates: {{inh|ar|sem-pro|*kawan-|t=to be or exist in a place}} Proto-Semitic *kawan- (“to be or exist in a place”), {{cog|gez|ኮነ}} Ge'ez ኮነ (konä), {{cog|akk|kânum|𒄀𒈾|tr=kânum}} Akkadian 𒄀𒈾 (kânum) Head templates: {{ar-verb|I|a|u}} كَانَ • (kāna) I, non-past يَكُونُ (yakūnu) Inflection templates: {{ar-conj|I|a|u|passive=n|vn=كَوْن,كِيَان,كَيْنُونَة}} Forms: يَكُونُ [non-past], كَانَ [canonical], kāna [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], كَوْن [noun-from-verb], كِيَان [noun-from-verb], كَيْنُونَة [noun-from-verb], كَائِن [active, participle], كُنْتُ [active, first-person, indicative, masculine, past, perfective, singular], كُنْتَ [active, indicative, masculine, past, perfective, second-person, singular], كَانَ [active, indicative, masculine, past, perfective, singular, third-person], كُنْتُمَا [active, dual, indicative, masculine, past, perfective, second-person], كَانَا [active, dual, indicative, masculine, past, perfective, third-person], كُنَّا [active, first-person, indicative, masculine, past, perfective, plural], كُنْتُمْ [active, indicative, masculine, past, perfective, plural, second-person], كَانُوا [active, indicative, masculine, past, perfective, plural, third-person], كُنْتُ [active, feminine, first-person, indicative, past, perfective, singular], كُنْتِ [active, feminine, indicative, past, perfective, second-person, singular], كَانَتْ [active, feminine, indicative, past, perfective, singular, third-person], كُنْتُمَا [active, dual, feminine, indicative, past, perfective, second-person], كَانَتَا [active, dual, feminine, indicative, past, perfective, third-person], كُنَّا [active, feminine, first-person, indicative, past, perfective, plural], كُنْتُنَّ [active, feminine, indicative, past, perfective, plural, second-person], كُنَّ [active, feminine, indicative, past, perfective, plural, third-person], أَكُونُ [active, first-person, imperfective, indicative, masculine, non-past, singular], تَكُونُ [active, imperfective, indicative, masculine, non-past, second-person, singular], يَكُونُ [active, imperfective, indicative, masculine, non-past, singular, third-person], تَكُونَانِ [active, dual, imperfective, indicative, masculine, non-past, second-person], يَكُونَانِ [active, dual, imperfective, indicative, masculine, non-past, third-person], نَكُونُ [active, first-person, imperfective, indicative, masculine, non-past, plural], تَكُونُونَ [active, imperfective, indicative, masculine, non-past, plural, second-person], يَكُونُونَ [active, imperfective, indicative, masculine, non-past, plural, third-person], أَكُونُ [active, feminine, first-person, imperfective, indicative, non-past, singular], تَكُونِينَ [active, feminine, imperfective, indicative, non-past, second-person, singular], تَكُونُ [active, feminine, imperfective, indicative, non-past, singular, third-person], تَكُونَانِ [active, dual, feminine, imperfective, indicative, non-past, second-person], تَكُونَانِ [active, dual, feminine, imperfective, indicative, non-past, third-person], نَكُونُ [active, feminine, first-person, imperfective, indicative, non-past, plural], تَكُنَّ [active, feminine, imperfective, indicative, non-past, plural, second-person], يَكُنَّ [active, feminine, imperfective, indicative, non-past, plural, third-person], أَكُونَ [active, first-person, masculine, singular, subjunctive], تَكُونَ [active, masculine, second-person, singular, subjunctive], يَكُونَ [active, masculine, singular, subjunctive, third-person], تَكُونَا [active, dual, masculine, second-person, subjunctive], يَكُونَا [active, dual, masculine, subjunctive, third-person], نَكُونَ [active, first-person, masculine, plural, subjunctive], تَكُونُوا [active, masculine, plural, second-person, subjunctive], يَكُونُوا [active, masculine, plural, subjunctive, third-person], أَكُونَ [active, feminine, first-person, singular, subjunctive], تَكُونِي [active, feminine, second-person, singular, subjunctive], تَكُونَ [active, feminine, singular, subjunctive, third-person], تَكُونَا [active, dual, feminine, second-person, subjunctive], تَكُونَا [active, dual, feminine, subjunctive, third-person], نَكُونَ [active, feminine, first-person, plural, subjunctive], تَكُنَّ [active, feminine, plural, second-person, subjunctive], يَكُنَّ [active, feminine, plural, subjunctive, third-person], أَكُنْ [active, first-person, jussive, masculine, singular], تَكُنْ [active, jussive, masculine, second-person, singular], يَكُنْ [active, jussive, masculine, singular, third-person], تَكُونَا [active, dual, jussive, masculine, second-person], يَكُونَا [active, dual, jussive, masculine, third-person], نَكُنْ [active, first-person, jussive, masculine, plural], تَكُونُوا [active, jussive, masculine, plural, second-person], يَكُونُوا [active, jussive, masculine, plural, third-person], أَكُنْ [active, feminine, first-person, jussive, singular], تَكُونِي [active, feminine, jussive, second-person, singular], تَكُنْ [active, feminine, jussive, singular, third-person], تَكُونَا [active, dual, feminine, jussive, second-person], تَكُونَا [active, dual, feminine, jussive, third-person], نَكُنْ [active, feminine, first-person, jussive, plural], تَكُنَّ [active, feminine, jussive, plural, second-person], يَكُنَّ [active, feminine, jussive, plural, third-person], كُنْ [active, imperative, masculine, second-person, singular], كُونَا [active, dual, imperative, masculine, second-person], كُونُوا [active, imperative, masculine, plural, second-person], كُونِي [active, feminine, imperative, second-person, singular], كُونَا [active, dual, feminine, imperative, second-person], كُنَّ [active, feminine, imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. (copulative) to be [+accusative] Tags: copulative
    Sense id: en-كان-ar-verb-y3dz6P3h Categories (other): Arabic form-I verbs with و as second radical Disambiguation of Arabic form-I verbs with و as second radical: 22 17 14 19 27
  2. (intransitive) to exist, to be, there be Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-كان-ar-verb-1eB9aIeQ Categories (other): Arabic form-I verbs with و as second radical Disambiguation of Arabic form-I verbs with و as second radical: 22 17 14 19 27
  3. to behove Synonyms: يَنْبَغِي
    Sense id: en-كان-ar-verb-Pwk6SZCI Categories (other): Arabic form-I verbs with و as second radical Disambiguation of Arabic form-I verbs with و as second radical: 22 17 14 19 27
  4. to happen, to occur, to take place
    Sense id: en-كان-ar-verb-6c6kUZcH Categories (other): Arabic form-I verbs with و as second radical Disambiguation of Arabic form-I verbs with و as second radical: 22 17 14 19 27
  5. (auxiliary) forms the past perfect, past continuous, future perfect and future continuous tenses Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-كان-ar-verb-r5KWL7rZ Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic form-I verbs with و as second radical, Arabic hollow verbs by conjugation, Arabic terms with redundant transliterations, South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 4 20 1 4 37 Disambiguation of Arabic form-I verbs with و as second radical: 22 17 14 19 27 Disambiguation of Arabic hollow verbs by conjugation: 20 12 10 19 39 Disambiguation of Arabic terms with redundant transliterations: 6 37 3 5 50 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 12 10 2 10 0 3 21 0 10 17 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: כאן (english: Judeo-Arabic)
Etymology number: 1

Verb [South Levantine Arabic]

IPA: /kaːn/, [kæːn]
Etymology: From Arabic كَانَ (kāna). Etymology templates: {{inh|ajp|ar|كَانَ}} Arabic كَانَ (kāna) Head templates: {{ajp-verb|I|ap=كاين|aptr=kāyen|pres=بكون|prestr=bikūn|tr=kān}} كان • (kān) I (present بكون (bikūn), active participle كاين (kāyen)) Inflection templates: {{ajp-conj|imp-2nd-p=كونو|imp-2nd-ptr=kūnu|imp-2nd-sf=كوني|imp-2nd-sftr=kūni|imp-2nd-sm=كون|imp-2nd-smtr=kūn|past-1st-p=كننا|past-1st-ptr=kunna|past-1st-s=كنت|past-1st-str=kunt|past-2nd-p=كنتو|past-2nd-ptr=kuntu|past-2nd-sf=كنتي|past-2nd-sftr=kunti|past-2nd-sm=كنت|past-2nd-smtr=kunt|past-3rd-p=كانو|past-3rd-ptr=kānu|past-3rd-sf=كانت|past-3rd-sftr=kānat|past-3rd-sm=كان|past-3rd-smtr=kān|pres-1st-p=منكون|pres-1st-ptr=minkūn|pres-1st-s=بكون|pres-1st-str=bakūn|pres-2nd-p=بتكونو|pres-2nd-ptr=bitkūnu|pres-2nd-sf=بتكوني|pres-2nd-sftr=bitkūni|pres-2nd-sm=بتكون|pres-2nd-smtr=bitkūn|pres-3rd-p=بيكونو|pres-3rd-ptr=bikūnu|pres-3rd-sf=بتكون|pres-3rd-sftr=bitkūn|pres-3rd-sm=بكون|pres-3rd-smtr=bikūn|subj-1st-p=نكون|subj-1st-ptr=nkūn|subj-1st-s=اكون|subj-1st-str=akūn|subj-2nd-p=تكونو|subj-2nd-ptr=tkūnu|subj-2nd-sf=تكوني|subj-2nd-sftr=tkūni|subj-2nd-sm=تكون|subj-2nd-smtr=tkūn|subj-3rd-p=يكونو|subj-3rd-ptr=ykūnu|subj-3rd-sf=تكون|subj-3rd-sftr=tkūn|subj-3rd-sm=يكون|subj-3rd-smtr=ykūn}} Forms: kān [romanization], بكون [present], كاين [active, participle], no-table-tags [table-tags], كنت [first-person, masculine, past, singular], كنت [masculine, past, second-person, singular], كان [masculine, past, singular, third-person], كننا [first-person, masculine, past, plural], كنتو [masculine, past, plural, second-person], كانو [masculine, past, plural, third-person], كنت [feminine, first-person, past, singular], كنتي [feminine, past, second-person, singular], كانت [feminine, past, singular, third-person], كننا [feminine, first-person, past, plural], كنتو [feminine, past, plural, second-person], كانو [feminine, past, plural, third-person], بكون [first-person, masculine, present, singular], بتكون [masculine, present, second-person, singular], بكون [masculine, present, singular, third-person], منكون [first-person, masculine, plural, present], بتكونو [masculine, plural, present, second-person], بيكونو [masculine, plural, present, third-person], بكون [feminine, first-person, present, singular], بتكوني [feminine, present, second-person, singular], بتكون [feminine, present, singular, third-person], منكون [feminine, first-person, plural, present], بتكونو [feminine, plural, present, second-person], بيكونو [feminine, plural, present, third-person], اكون [first-person, masculine, singular, subjunctive], تكون [masculine, second-person, singular, subjunctive], يكون [masculine, singular, subjunctive, third-person], نكون [first-person, masculine, plural, subjunctive], تكونو [masculine, plural, second-person, subjunctive], يكونو [masculine, plural, subjunctive, third-person], اكون [feminine, first-person, singular, subjunctive], تكوني [feminine, second-person, singular, subjunctive], تكون [feminine, singular, subjunctive, third-person], نكون [feminine, first-person, plural, subjunctive], تكونو [feminine, plural, second-person, subjunctive], يكونو [feminine, plural, subjunctive, third-person], كون [imperative, masculine, second-person, singular], كونو [imperative, masculine, plural, second-person], كوني [feminine, imperative, second-person, singular], كونو [feminine, imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to be Synonyms: بقى
    Sense id: en-كان-ajp-verb-CvEgfuq9
  2. (auxiliary, by extension) (with subjunctive) continuous and habitual aspect marker Tags: auxiliary, broadly
    Sense id: en-كان-ajp-verb-RxdYnEI3
  3. (auxiliary, by extension) (with past tense) perfect aspect marker Tags: auxiliary, broadly
    Sense id: en-كان-ajp-verb-boum1p4i
  4. (auxiliary) (optional; always in the past tense) sets up the main clause in a counterfactual conditional Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-كان-ajp-verb-wKNoBnt6

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*kawan-",
        "t": "to be or exist in a place"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *kawan- (“to be or exist in a place”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ኮነ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ኮነ (konä)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "kânum",
        "3": "𒄀𒈾",
        "tr": "kânum"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒄀𒈾 (kânum)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *kawan- (“to be or exist in a place”). Compare Ge'ez ኮነ (konä), Akkadian 𒄀𒈾 (kânum).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "يَكُونُ",
      "roman": "yakūnu",
      "tags": [
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَانَ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kāna",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَوْن",
      "roman": "kawn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كِيَان",
      "roman": "kiyān",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَيْنُونَة",
      "roman": "kaynūna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَائِن",
      "roman": "kāʔin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتُ",
      "roman": "kuntu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتَ",
      "roman": "kunta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَانَ",
      "roman": "kāna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتُمَا",
      "roman": "kuntumā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَانَا",
      "roman": "kānā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنَّا",
      "roman": "kunnā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتُمْ",
      "roman": "kuntum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَانُوا",
      "roman": "kānū",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتُ",
      "roman": "kuntu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتِ",
      "roman": "kunti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَانَتْ",
      "roman": "kānat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتُمَا",
      "roman": "kuntumā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَانَتَا",
      "roman": "kānatā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنَّا",
      "roman": "kunnā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتُنَّ",
      "roman": "kuntunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنَّ",
      "roman": "kunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَكُونُ",
      "roman": "ʔakūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "non-past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونُ",
      "roman": "takūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "non-past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُونُ",
      "roman": "yakūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "non-past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَانِ",
      "roman": "takūnāni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "non-past",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُونَانِ",
      "roman": "yakūnāni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "non-past",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَكُونُ",
      "roman": "nakūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "non-past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونُونَ",
      "roman": "takūnūna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "non-past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُونُونَ",
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        "indicative",
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        "third-person"
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    {
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        "active",
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        "first-person",
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "active",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "imperfective",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
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        "second-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "تَكُونَانِ",
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        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "imperfective",
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        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "نَكُونُ",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "non-past",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "تَكُنَّ",
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        "active",
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        "second-person"
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    {
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
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        "singular",
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    {
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "تَكُونَا",
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        "active",
        "dual",
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        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "يَكُونَا",
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        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "تَكُونُوا",
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        "active",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "يَكُونُوا",
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        "active",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَكُونَ",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونِي",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَ",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَا",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَا",
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        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَكُونَ",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُنَّ",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُنَّ",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَكُنْ",
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        "active",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُنْ",
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        "active",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "يَكُنْ",
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        "active",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَا",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُونَا",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَكُنْ",
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        "active",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونُوا",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُونُوا",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَكُنْ",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونِي",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُنْ",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَا",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَا",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَكُنْ",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُنَّ",
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        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُنَّ",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْ",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُونَا",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُونُوا",
      "roman": "kūnū",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُونِي",
      "roman": "kūnī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُونَا",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنَّ",
      "roman": "kunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "I",
        "2": "a",
        "3": "u"
      },
      "expansion": "كَانَ • (kāna) I, non-past يَكُونُ (yakūnu)",
      "name": "ar-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "I",
        "2": "a",
        "3": "u",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "22 17 14 19 27",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "to be [+accusative]",
        "to be"
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        [
          "copulative",
          "copular verb"
        ],
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          "be",
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      ],
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        "(copulative) to be [+accusative]"
      ],
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        "copulative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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        }
      ],
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        "to exist, to be, there be"
      ],
      "id": "en-كان-ar-verb-1eB9aIeQ",
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "there be",
          "there be"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive) to exist, to be, there be"
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 17 14 19 27",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to behove"
      ],
      "id": "en-كان-ar-verb-Pwk6SZCI",
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        [
          "behove",
          "behove"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "يَنْبَغِي"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 17 14 19 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic form-I verbs with و as second radical",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to happen, to occur, to take place"
      ],
      "id": "en-كان-ar-verb-6c6kUZcH",
      "links": [
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "occur",
          "occur"
        ],
        [
          "take place",
          "take place"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 17 4 20 1 4 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 17 14 19 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic form-I verbs with و as second radical",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 12 10 19 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic hollow verbs by conjugation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 37 3 5 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 10 2 10 0 3 21 0 10 17 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "كَانَ (قَدْ) فَعَلَ ― kāna (qad) faʕala ― He had done.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He was doing.",
          "roman": "kāna yafʕalu",
          "text": "كَانَ يَفْعَلُ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "سَيَكُونُ (قَدْ) فَعَلَ ― sayakūnu (qad) faʕala ― He will have done.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He will be doing.",
          "roman": "sayakūnu yafʕalu",
          "text": "سَيَكُونُ يَفْعَلُ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "forms the past perfect, past continuous, future perfect and future continuous tenses"
      ],
      "id": "en-كان-ar-verb-r5KWL7rZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "past perfect",
          "past perfect#English"
        ],
        [
          "past continuous",
          "past continuous#English"
        ],
        [
          "future perfect",
          "future perfect#English"
        ],
        [
          "future continuous",
          "future continuous#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) forms the past perfect, past continuous, future perfect and future continuous tenses"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaː.na/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ar-كان.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b9/Ar-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg/Ar-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Ar-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Judeo-Arabic",
      "word": "כאן"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
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        "2": "fr",
        "3": "Caen"
      },
      "expansion": "French Caen",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French Caen, q.v.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kān",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "Kān"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "name",
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          "kind": "place",
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            "Lemmas"
          ],
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        },
        {
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            "Lemmas"
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        },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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      ],
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          "France",
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    }
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}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "fr",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French Cannes, q.v.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "كَان⁩",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kān",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "كَان⁩",
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          "kind": "place",
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            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
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            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "ar",
          "name": "Places in France",
          "orig": "ar:Places in France",
          "parents": [
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            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Cannes (a city in France)"
      ],
      "id": "en-كان-ar-name-x~JQAwdO",
      "links": [
        [
          "Cannes",
          "Cannes#English"
        ],
        [
          "France",
          "France#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "laysa",
          "word": "لَيْسَ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "كان"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "كَانَ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كَانَ (kāna)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic كَانَ (kāna).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kān",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bikūn",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كاين",
      "roman": "kāyen",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ajp-conj/DW",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنت",
      "roman": "kunt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنت",
      "roman": "kunt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كان",
      "roman": "kān",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كننا",
      "roman": "kunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنتو",
      "roman": "kuntu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كانو",
      "roman": "kānu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنت",
      "roman": "kunt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنتي",
      "roman": "kunti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كانت",
      "roman": "kānat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كننا",
      "roman": "kunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنتو",
      "roman": "kuntu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كانو",
      "roman": "kānu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bakūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكون",
      "roman": "bitkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bikūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "منكون",
      "roman": "minkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكونو",
      "roman": "bitkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بيكونو",
      "roman": "bikūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bakūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكوني",
      "roman": "bitkūni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكون",
      "roman": "bitkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "منكون",
      "roman": "minkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكونو",
      "roman": "bitkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بيكونو",
      "roman": "bikūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اكون",
      "roman": "akūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكون",
      "roman": "tkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يكون",
      "roman": "ykūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نكون",
      "roman": "nkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكونو",
      "roman": "tkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يكونو",
      "roman": "ykūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اكون",
      "roman": "akūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكوني",
      "roman": "tkūni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكون",
      "roman": "tkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نكون",
      "roman": "nkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكونو",
      "roman": "tkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يكونو",
      "roman": "ykūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كون",
      "roman": "kūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كونو",
      "roman": "kūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كوني",
      "roman": "kūni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كونو",
      "roman": "kūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "I",
        "ap": "كاين",
        "aptr": "kāyen",
        "pres": "بكون",
        "prestr": "bikūn",
        "tr": "kān"
      },
      "expansion": "كان • (kān) I (present بكون (bikūn), active participle كاين (kāyen))",
      "name": "ajp-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "imp-2nd-p": "كونو",
        "imp-2nd-ptr": "kūnu",
        "imp-2nd-sf": "كوني",
        "imp-2nd-sftr": "kūni",
        "imp-2nd-sm": "كون",
        "imp-2nd-smtr": "kūn",
        "past-1st-p": "كننا",
        "past-1st-ptr": "kunna",
        "past-1st-s": "كنت",
        "past-1st-str": "kunt",
        "past-2nd-p": "كنتو",
        "past-2nd-ptr": "kuntu",
        "past-2nd-sf": "كنتي",
        "past-2nd-sftr": "kunti",
        "past-2nd-sm": "كنت",
        "past-2nd-smtr": "kunt",
        "past-3rd-p": "كانو",
        "past-3rd-ptr": "kānu",
        "past-3rd-sf": "كانت",
        "past-3rd-sftr": "kānat",
        "past-3rd-sm": "كان",
        "past-3rd-smtr": "kān",
        "pres-1st-p": "منكون",
        "pres-1st-ptr": "minkūn",
        "pres-1st-s": "بكون",
        "pres-1st-str": "bakūn",
        "pres-2nd-p": "بتكونو",
        "pres-2nd-ptr": "bitkūnu",
        "pres-2nd-sf": "بتكوني",
        "pres-2nd-sftr": "bitkūni",
        "pres-2nd-sm": "بتكون",
        "pres-2nd-smtr": "bitkūn",
        "pres-3rd-p": "بيكونو",
        "pres-3rd-ptr": "bikūnu",
        "pres-3rd-sf": "بتكون",
        "pres-3rd-sftr": "bitkūn",
        "pres-3rd-sm": "بكون",
        "pres-3rd-smtr": "bikūn",
        "subj-1st-p": "نكون",
        "subj-1st-ptr": "nkūn",
        "subj-1st-s": "اكون",
        "subj-1st-str": "akūn",
        "subj-2nd-p": "تكونو",
        "subj-2nd-ptr": "tkūnu",
        "subj-2nd-sf": "تكوني",
        "subj-2nd-sftr": "tkūni",
        "subj-2nd-sm": "تكون",
        "subj-2nd-smtr": "tkūn",
        "subj-3rd-p": "يكونو",
        "subj-3rd-ptr": "ykūnu",
        "subj-3rd-sf": "تكون",
        "subj-3rd-sftr": "tkūn",
        "subj-3rd-sm": "يكون",
        "subj-3rd-smtr": "ykūn"
      },
      "name": "ajp-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The guys were in the house.",
          "roman": "iš-šabāb kānu fi l-bēt",
          "text": "الشباب كانو في البيت.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Where have you been?",
          "roman": "wēn kāyne?",
          "text": "وين كاينة؟",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You should be understanding of his situation.",
          "roman": "lāzim tkūni fāhme ʕala waḍaʕo",
          "text": "لازم تكوني فاهمة على وضعه.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be"
      ],
      "id": "en-كان-ajp-verb-CvEgfuq9",
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "بقى"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She will be speaking to the doctor.",
          "roman": "hiyye rāḥ tkūn tiḥki maʕ id-doktōr",
          "text": "هي رح تكون تحكي مع الدكتور.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "When I was young, I used to travel a lot with my parents.",
          "roman": "w-ana zġīr, kunt asāfer ktīr maʕ ahli",
          "text": "وانا زغير، كنت اسافر كتير مع اهلي.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(with subjunctive) continuous and habitual aspect marker"
      ],
      "id": "en-كان-ajp-verb-RxdYnEI3",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary, by extension) (with subjunctive) continuous and habitual aspect marker"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When you came, I had already finished. (literally, “When you came, I was I finished it.”)",
          "roman": "lamma jīt, kunt ḵallaṣt",
          "text": "لمّا جيت، كنت خلّصت.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Tomorrow you will have finished it. (literally, “Tomorrow, you will be you finished it.”)",
          "roman": "bukra bitkūn ḵallaṣto",
          "text": "بكرا بتكون خلّصته.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(with past tense) perfect aspect marker"
      ],
      "id": "en-كان-ajp-verb-boum1p4i",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary, by extension) (with past tense) perfect aspect marker"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "لو سألتني، (كنت) قلتلّك. ― law saʔaltni, (kunt) ʔultillak ― If you had asked me, I would have told you.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "لو بتسألني، (كنت) بقلّك. ― law btisʔalni, (kunt) baʔullak ― If you were to ask me, I would tell you.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(optional; always in the past tense) sets up the main clause in a counterfactual conditional"
      ],
      "id": "en-كان-ajp-verb-wKNoBnt6",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) (optional; always in the past tense) sets up the main clause in a counterfactual conditional"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kæːn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "كان"
}

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    "Arabic hollow verbs",
    "Arabic hollow verbs by conjugation",
    "Arabic intransitive verbs",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic proper nouns",
    "Arabic terms borrowed from French",
    "Arabic terms derived from French",
    "Arabic terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Arabic terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Arabic terms with audio links",
    "Arabic terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Arabic verbs",
    "Arabic verbs lacking passive forms",
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    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
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      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*kawan-",
        "t": "to be or exist in a place"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *kawan- (“to be or exist in a place”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ኮነ"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "kânum",
        "3": "𒄀𒈾",
        "tr": "kânum"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒄀𒈾 (kânum)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *kawan- (“to be or exist in a place”). Compare Ge'ez ኮነ (konä), Akkadian 𒄀𒈾 (kânum).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "يَكُونُ",
      "roman": "yakūnu",
      "tags": [
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَانَ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kāna",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَوْن",
      "roman": "kawn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كِيَان",
      "roman": "kiyān",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَيْنُونَة",
      "roman": "kaynūna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَائِن",
      "roman": "kāʔin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتُ",
      "roman": "kuntu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتَ",
      "roman": "kunta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَانَ",
      "roman": "kāna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتُمَا",
      "roman": "kuntumā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَانَا",
      "roman": "kānā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنَّا",
      "roman": "kunnā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتُمْ",
      "roman": "kuntum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَانُوا",
      "roman": "kānū",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتُ",
      "roman": "kuntu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتِ",
      "roman": "kunti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَانَتْ",
      "roman": "kānat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتُمَا",
      "roman": "kuntumā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَانَتَا",
      "roman": "kānatā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنَّا",
      "roman": "kunnā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتُنَّ",
      "roman": "kuntunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنَّ",
      "roman": "kunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَكُونُ",
      "roman": "ʔakūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "non-past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونُ",
      "roman": "takūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "non-past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُونُ",
      "roman": "yakūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "non-past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَانِ",
      "roman": "takūnāni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "non-past",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُونَانِ",
      "roman": "yakūnāni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "non-past",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَكُونُ",
      "roman": "nakūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "non-past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونُونَ",
      "roman": "takūnūna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "non-past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُونُونَ",
      "roman": "yakūnūna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "non-past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَكُونُ",
      "roman": "ʔakūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "non-past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونِينَ",
      "roman": "takūnīna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "non-past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونُ",
      "roman": "takūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "non-past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَانِ",
      "roman": "takūnāni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "non-past",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَانِ",
      "roman": "takūnāni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "non-past",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَكُونُ",
      "roman": "nakūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "non-past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُنَّ",
      "roman": "takunna",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "non-past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُنَّ",
      "roman": "yakunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "non-past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَكُونَ",
      "roman": "ʔakūna",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَ",
      "roman": "takūna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُونَ",
      "roman": "yakūna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَا",
      "roman": "takūnā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُونَا",
      "roman": "yakūnā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَكُونَ",
      "roman": "nakūna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونُوا",
      "roman": "takūnū",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُونُوا",
      "roman": "yakūnū",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَكُونَ",
      "roman": "ʔakūna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونِي",
      "roman": "takūnī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَ",
      "roman": "takūna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَا",
      "roman": "takūnā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَا",
      "roman": "takūnā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَكُونَ",
      "roman": "nakūna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُنَّ",
      "roman": "takunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُنَّ",
      "roman": "yakunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَكُنْ",
      "roman": "ʔakun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُنْ",
      "roman": "takun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُنْ",
      "roman": "yakun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَا",
      "roman": "takūnā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُونَا",
      "roman": "yakūnā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَكُنْ",
      "roman": "nakun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونُوا",
      "roman": "takūnū",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُونُوا",
      "roman": "yakūnū",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَكُنْ",
      "roman": "ʔakun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونِي",
      "roman": "takūnī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُنْ",
      "roman": "takun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَا",
      "roman": "takūnā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَا",
      "roman": "takūnā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَكُنْ",
      "roman": "nakun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُنَّ",
      "roman": "takunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُنَّ",
      "roman": "yakunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْ",
      "roman": "kun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُونَا",
      "roman": "kūnā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُونُوا",
      "roman": "kūnū",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُونِي",
      "roman": "kūnī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُونَا",
      "roman": "kūnā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنَّ",
      "roman": "kunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "I",
        "2": "a",
        "3": "u"
      },
      "expansion": "كَانَ • (kāna) I, non-past يَكُونُ (yakūnu)",
      "name": "ar-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "I",
        "2": "a",
        "3": "u",
        "passive": "n",
        "vn": "كَوْن,كِيَان,كَيْنُونَة"
      },
      "name": "ar-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic copulative verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be [+accusative]",
        "to be"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "copulative",
          "copular verb"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(copulative) to be [+accusative]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "copulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to exist, to be, there be"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "there be",
          "there be"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to exist, to be, there be"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to behove"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "behove",
          "behove"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "يَنْبَغِي"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to happen, to occur, to take place"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "occur",
          "occur"
        ],
        [
          "take place",
          "take place"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic auxiliary verbs",
        "Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "كَانَ (قَدْ) فَعَلَ ― kāna (qad) faʕala ― He had done.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He was doing.",
          "roman": "kāna yafʕalu",
          "text": "كَانَ يَفْعَلُ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "سَيَكُونُ (قَدْ) فَعَلَ ― sayakūnu (qad) faʕala ― He will have done.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He will be doing.",
          "roman": "sayakūnu yafʕalu",
          "text": "سَيَكُونُ يَفْعَلُ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms the past perfect, past continuous, future perfect and future continuous tenses"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "past perfect",
          "past perfect#English"
        ],
        [
          "past continuous",
          "past continuous#English"
        ],
        [
          "future perfect",
          "future perfect#English"
        ],
        [
          "future continuous",
          "future continuous#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) forms the past perfect, past continuous, future perfect and future continuous tenses"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaː.na/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ar-كان.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b9/Ar-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg/Ar-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Ar-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "Judeo-Arabic",
      "word": "כאן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "كان"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "French Caen",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French Caen, q.v.",
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    {
      "form": "Kān",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "name",
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      "categories": [
        "ar:Cities in France",
        "ar:Places in France"
      ],
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        "Caen (a city in France)"
      ],
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        [
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        ],
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          "France",
          "France#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "كان"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic proper nouns",
    "Arabic terms borrowed from French",
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    "Requests for gender in Arabic entries",
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    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
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  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
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      "expansion": "French Cannes",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French Cannes, q.v.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "كَان⁩",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "Kān",
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  "lang_code": "ar",
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      "word": "لَيْسَ"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "ar:Cities in France",
        "ar:Places in France"
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
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    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
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    "South Levantine Arabic verbs"
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic كَانَ (kāna).",
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    {
      "form": "kān",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bikūn",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كاين",
      "roman": "kāyen",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ajp-conj/DW",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنت",
      "roman": "kunt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنت",
      "roman": "kunt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كان",
      "roman": "kān",
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        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كننا",
      "roman": "kunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنتو",
      "roman": "kuntu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كانو",
      "roman": "kānu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنت",
      "roman": "kunt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنتي",
      "roman": "kunti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كانت",
      "roman": "kānat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كننا",
      "roman": "kunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنتو",
      "roman": "kuntu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كانو",
      "roman": "kānu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bakūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكون",
      "roman": "bitkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bikūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "منكون",
      "roman": "minkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكونو",
      "roman": "bitkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بيكونو",
      "roman": "bikūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bakūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكوني",
      "roman": "bitkūni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكون",
      "roman": "bitkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "منكون",
      "roman": "minkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكونو",
      "roman": "bitkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بيكونو",
      "roman": "bikūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اكون",
      "roman": "akūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكون",
      "roman": "tkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يكون",
      "roman": "ykūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نكون",
      "roman": "nkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكونو",
      "roman": "tkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يكونو",
      "roman": "ykūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اكون",
      "roman": "akūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكوني",
      "roman": "tkūni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكون",
      "roman": "tkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نكون",
      "roman": "nkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكونو",
      "roman": "tkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يكونو",
      "roman": "ykūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كون",
      "roman": "kūn",
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        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كونو",
      "roman": "kūnu",
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        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كوني",
      "roman": "kūni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كونو",
      "roman": "kūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "I",
        "ap": "كاين",
        "aptr": "kāyen",
        "pres": "بكون",
        "prestr": "bikūn",
        "tr": "kān"
      },
      "expansion": "كان • (kān) I (present بكون (bikūn), active participle كاين (kāyen))",
      "name": "ajp-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "imp-2nd-p": "كونو",
        "imp-2nd-ptr": "kūnu",
        "imp-2nd-sf": "كوني",
        "imp-2nd-sftr": "kūni",
        "imp-2nd-sm": "كون",
        "imp-2nd-smtr": "kūn",
        "past-1st-p": "كننا",
        "past-1st-ptr": "kunna",
        "past-1st-s": "كنت",
        "past-1st-str": "kunt",
        "past-2nd-p": "كنتو",
        "past-2nd-ptr": "kuntu",
        "past-2nd-sf": "كنتي",
        "past-2nd-sftr": "kunti",
        "past-2nd-sm": "كنت",
        "past-2nd-smtr": "kunt",
        "past-3rd-p": "كانو",
        "past-3rd-ptr": "kānu",
        "past-3rd-sf": "كانت",
        "past-3rd-sftr": "kānat",
        "past-3rd-sm": "كان",
        "past-3rd-smtr": "kān",
        "pres-1st-p": "منكون",
        "pres-1st-ptr": "minkūn",
        "pres-1st-s": "بكون",
        "pres-1st-str": "bakūn",
        "pres-2nd-p": "بتكونو",
        "pres-2nd-ptr": "bitkūnu",
        "pres-2nd-sf": "بتكوني",
        "pres-2nd-sftr": "bitkūni",
        "pres-2nd-sm": "بتكون",
        "pres-2nd-smtr": "bitkūn",
        "pres-3rd-p": "بيكونو",
        "pres-3rd-ptr": "bikūnu",
        "pres-3rd-sf": "بتكون",
        "pres-3rd-sftr": "bitkūn",
        "pres-3rd-sm": "بكون",
        "pres-3rd-smtr": "bikūn",
        "subj-1st-p": "نكون",
        "subj-1st-ptr": "nkūn",
        "subj-1st-s": "اكون",
        "subj-1st-str": "akūn",
        "subj-2nd-p": "تكونو",
        "subj-2nd-ptr": "tkūnu",
        "subj-2nd-sf": "تكوني",
        "subj-2nd-sftr": "tkūni",
        "subj-2nd-sm": "تكون",
        "subj-2nd-smtr": "tkūn",
        "subj-3rd-p": "يكونو",
        "subj-3rd-ptr": "ykūnu",
        "subj-3rd-sf": "تكون",
        "subj-3rd-sftr": "tkūn",
        "subj-3rd-sm": "يكون",
        "subj-3rd-smtr": "ykūn"
      },
      "name": "ajp-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The guys were in the house.",
          "roman": "iš-šabāb kānu fi l-bēt",
          "text": "الشباب كانو في البيت.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Where have you been?",
          "roman": "wēn kāyne?",
          "text": "وين كاينة؟",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You should be understanding of his situation.",
          "roman": "lāzim tkūni fāhme ʕala waḍaʕo",
          "text": "لازم تكوني فاهمة على وضعه.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "بقى"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "South Levantine Arabic auxiliary verbs",
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She will be speaking to the doctor.",
          "roman": "hiyye rāḥ tkūn tiḥki maʕ id-doktōr",
          "text": "هي رح تكون تحكي مع الدكتور.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "When I was young, I used to travel a lot with my parents.",
          "roman": "w-ana zġīr, kunt asāfer ktīr maʕ ahli",
          "text": "وانا زغير، كنت اسافر كتير مع اهلي.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(with subjunctive) continuous and habitual aspect marker"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary, by extension) (with subjunctive) continuous and habitual aspect marker"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "South Levantine Arabic auxiliary verbs",
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When you came, I had already finished. (literally, “When you came, I was I finished it.”)",
          "roman": "lamma jīt, kunt ḵallaṣt",
          "text": "لمّا جيت، كنت خلّصت.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Tomorrow you will have finished it. (literally, “Tomorrow, you will be you finished it.”)",
          "roman": "bukra bitkūn ḵallaṣto",
          "text": "بكرا بتكون خلّصته.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(with past tense) perfect aspect marker"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary, by extension) (with past tense) perfect aspect marker"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "South Levantine Arabic auxiliary verbs",
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "لو سألتني، (كنت) قلتلّك. ― law saʔaltni, (kunt) ʔultillak ― If you had asked me, I would have told you.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "لو بتسألني، (كنت) بقلّك. ― law btisʔalni, (kunt) baʔullak ― If you were to ask me, I would tell you.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(optional; always in the past tense) sets up the main clause in a counterfactual conditional"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) (optional; always in the past tense) sets up the main clause in a counterfactual conditional"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kæːn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "كان"
}

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