"كان" meaning in Arabic

See كان in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

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

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.nopass.vn:كَوْن,كِيَان,كَيْنُونَة}} كَانَ • (kāna) I (non-past يَكُونُ (yakūnu), verbal noun كَوْن (kawn) or كِيَان (kiyān) or كَيْنُونَة (kaynūna)) Inflection templates: {{ar-conj|I/a~u.nopass.vn:كَوْن,كِيَان,كَيْنُونَة}} Forms: كَانَ [canonical], kāna [romanization], يَكُونُ [non-past], كَوْن [noun-from-verb], كِيَان [noun-from-verb], كَيْنُونَة [noun-from-verb], irregular [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], أَكُ [active, first-person, jussive, masculine, singular], تَكُنْ [active, jussive, masculine, second-person, singular], تَكُ [active, jussive, masculine, second-person, singular], يَكُنْ [active, jussive, masculine, singular, third-person], يَكُ [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], نَكُ [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], أَكُ [active, feminine, first-person, jussive, singular], تَكُونِي [active, feminine, jussive, second-person, singular], تَكُنْ [active, feminine, jussive, singular, third-person], تَكُ [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], نَكُ [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 [with accusative] Tags: copulative
    Sense id: en-كان-ar-verb-CvEgfuq9
  2. (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 past vowel a and non-past vowel u, Arabic form-I verbs with و as second radical, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 21 21 2 47 2 3 4 Disambiguation of Arabic form-I verbs with past vowel a and non-past vowel u: 8 61 8 8 14 Disambiguation of Arabic form-I verbs with و as second radical: 14 38 14 14 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 7 7 1 17 1 2 3 1 12 1 6 17 1 10 2 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 1 20 1 1 2 1 14 1 7 13 1 11 1 11 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 12 12 0 27 0 2 2 0 12 1 5 5 0 11 2 10
  3. (intransitive) to exist, to be, there be Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-كان-ar-verb-1eB9aIeQ
  4. to behove Synonyms: يَنْبَغِي
    Sense id: en-كان-ar-verb-Pwk6SZCI
  5. to happen, to occur, to take place
    Sense id: en-كان-ar-verb-6c6kUZcH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: כאן (english: Judeo-Arabic)
Etymology number: 1
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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": "كَانَ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kāna",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُونُ",
      "roman": "yakūnu",
      "tags": [
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَوْن",
      "roman": "kawn",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كِيَان",
      "roman": "kiyān",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَيْنُونَة",
      "roman": "kaynūna",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "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",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "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",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "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",
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        "plural",
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      "form": "تَكُونُوا",
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        "active",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
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        "subjunctive"
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        "subjunctive",
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    {
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَكُنْ",
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        "active",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَكُ",
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        "active",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "active",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "active",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "dual",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُونَا",
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        "active",
        "dual",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَكُنْ",
      "roman": "nakun",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "active",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونُوا",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُونُوا",
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        "active",
        "jussive",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَكُنْ",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَكُ",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونِي",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُنْ",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُ",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَا",
      "roman": "takūnā",
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        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَا",
      "roman": "takūnā",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَكُنْ",
      "roman": "nakun",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَكُ",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُنَّ",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُنَّ",
      "roman": "yakunna",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْ",
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        "active",
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُونَا",
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        "dual",
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُونُوا",
      "roman": "kūnū",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُونِي",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُونَا",
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        "active",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنَّ",
      "roman": "kunna",
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        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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      },
      "expansion": "كَانَ • (kāna) I (non-past يَكُونُ (yakūnu), verbal noun كَوْن (kawn) or كِيَان (kiyān) or كَيْنُونَة (kaynūna))",
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          "be"
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 61 8 8 14",
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 1 17 1 2 3 1 12 1 6 17 1 10 2 10",
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          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 1 20 1 1 2 1 14 1 7 13 1 11 1 11",
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        {
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "text": "كَانَ (قَدْ) فَعَلَ ― kāna (qad) faʕala ― He had done.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He was doing.",
          "roman": "kāna yafʕalu",
          "text": "كَانَ يَفْعَلُ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He ....",
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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "سَيَكُونُ (قَدْ) فَعَلَ ― sayakūnu (qad) faʕala ― He will have done.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He will be doing.",
          "roman": "sayakūnu yafʕalu",
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          "type": "example"
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          "past continuous",
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        ],
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          "future perfect",
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        ],
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          "future continuous",
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        "auxiliary"
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        {
          "english": "And if he is in unease, then [let there be] a delay until a time of ease.",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:280:",
          "roman": "waʔin kāna ḏū ʕusratin fanaẓiratun ʔilā maysaratin",
          "text": "وَإِنْ كَانَ ذُو عُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَىٰ مَيْسَرَةٍ",
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        },
        {
          "english": "It is He who causes to live and causes to die. And when He decided a matter, he says to it, \"Be\", and it is.",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 40:68:",
          "roman": "huwa llaḏī yuḥyī wayumītu faʔiḏā qaḍā ʔamran faʔinnamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu",
          "text": "هُوَ الَّذِي يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. (literally, And God says, “Let light be”; and light is.)",
          "ref": "1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Book of Genesis, 1:3:",
          "roman": "waqāla llāhu: “liyakun nūrun”, fakāna nūrun.",
          "text": "وَقَالَ اللهُ: «لِيَكُنْ نُورٌ»، فَكَانَ نُورٌ.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "to exist, to be, there be"
      ],
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          "exist"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be"
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          "there be",
          "there be"
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      ],
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        "(intransitive) to exist, to be, there be"
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:16:",
          "roman": "walawlā ʔiḏ samiʕtumūhu qultum mā yakūnu lanā ʔan natakallama bihāḏā subḥānaka hāḏā buhtānun ʕaẓīmun",
          "text": "وَلَوْلَا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُمْ مَا يَكُونُ لَنَا أَنْ نَتَكَلَّمَ بِهَٰذَا سُبْحَانَكَ هَٰذَا بُهْتَانٌ عَظِيمٌ",
          "type": "quote"
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        "to behove"
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        [
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          "behove"
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        {
          "word": "يَنْبَغِي"
        }
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        "to happen, to occur, to take place"
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          "occur"
        ],
        [
          "take place",
          "take place"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/kaː.na/"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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        "canonical"
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        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "ar",
          "name": "Places in France",
          "orig": "ar:Places in France",
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            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
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      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-كان-ar-name-x~JQAwdO",
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        ],
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          "France",
          "France#English"
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      ],
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        {
          "roman": "laysa",
          "word": "لَيْسَ"
        }
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    }
  ],
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}

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        "3": "*kawan-",
        "t": "to be or exist in a place"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ኮነ"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "kânum",
        "3": "𒄀𒈾",
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      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒄀𒈾 (kânum)",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *kawan- (“to be or exist in a place”). Compare Ge'ez ኮነ (konä), Akkadian 𒄀𒈾 (kânum).",
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      "form": "يَكُونُ",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "كِيَان",
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      "form": "كَيْنُونَة",
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      "form": "irregular",
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      "form": "كَائِن",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "كُنْتُ",
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        "indicative",
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        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "indicative",
        "masculine",
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        "singular"
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        "past",
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        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "masculine",
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      ]
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        "dual",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
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        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "كُنَّا",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْتُمْ",
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        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كَانُوا",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "perfective",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "past",
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        "third-person"
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        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "past",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
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    {
      "form": "أَكُونُ",
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        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "non-past",
        "singular"
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      "form": "تَكُونُ",
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        "indicative",
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        "singular"
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "تَكُونَانِ",
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        "second-person"
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        "imperfective",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
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    {
      "form": "تَكُونَانِ",
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      "form": "تَكُنَّ",
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    {
      "form": "تَكُونُوا",
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    {
      "form": "يَكُونُوا",
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      "form": "تَكُنْ",
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "second-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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      "form": "تَكُونُوا",
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        "singular"
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      "roman": "takun",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُ",
      "roman": "taku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُونَا",
      "roman": "takūnā",
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        "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": "نَكُ",
      "roman": "naku",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "jussive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تَكُنَّ",
      "roman": "takunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يَكُنَّ",
      "roman": "yakunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "jussive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنْ",
      "roman": "kun",
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        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "كُونَا",
      "roman": "kūnā",
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        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُونُوا",
      "roman": "kūnū",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُونِي",
      "roman": "kūnī",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُنَّ",
      "roman": "kunna",
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        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "كَانَ • (kāna) I (non-past يَكُونُ (yakūnu), verbal noun كَوْن (kawn) or كِيَان (kiyān) or كَيْنُونَة (kaynūna))",
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        "to be"
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        "(copulative) to be [with accusative]"
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          "text": "كَانَ (قَدْ) فَعَلَ ― kāna (qad) faʕala ― He had done.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "He was doing.",
          "roman": "kāna yafʕalu",
          "text": "كَانَ يَفْعَلُ",
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        },
        {
          "english": "He ....",
          "text": "كَانَ سيَفْعَلُ",
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        },
        {
          "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"
      ],
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          "past perfect",
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        ],
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          "past continuous",
          "past continuous#English"
        ],
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          "future perfect#English"
        ],
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      ],
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        "auxiliary"
      ]
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "And if he is in unease, then [let there be] a delay until a time of ease.",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:280:",
          "roman": "waʔin kāna ḏū ʕusratin fanaẓiratun ʔilā maysaratin",
          "text": "وَإِنْ كَانَ ذُو عُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَىٰ مَيْسَرَةٍ",
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        },
        {
          "english": "It is He who causes to live and causes to die. And when He decided a matter, he says to it, \"Be\", and it is.",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 40:68:",
          "roman": "huwa llaḏī yuḥyī wayumītu faʔiḏā qaḍā ʔamran faʔinnamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu",
          "text": "هُوَ الَّذِي يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ",
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        },
        {
          "english": "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. (literally, And God says, “Let light be”; and light is.)",
          "ref": "1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Book of Genesis, 1:3:",
          "roman": "waqāla llāhu: “liyakun nūrun”, fakāna nūrun.",
          "text": "وَقَالَ اللهُ: «لِيَكُنْ نُورٌ»، فَكَانَ نُورٌ.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to exist, to be, there be"
      ],
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          "be",
          "be"
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          "there be",
          "there be"
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        "(intransitive) to exist, to be, there be"
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:16:",
          "roman": "walawlā ʔiḏ samiʕtumūhu qultum mā yakūnu lanā ʔan natakallama bihāḏā subḥānaka hāḏā buhtānun ʕaẓīmun",
          "text": "وَلَوْلَا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُمْ مَا يَكُونُ لَنَا أَنْ نَتَكَلَّمَ بِهَٰذَا سُبْحَانَكَ هَٰذَا بُهْتَانٌ عَظِيمٌ",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to behove"
      ],
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        [
          "behove",
          "behove"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "يَنْبَغِي"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to happen, to occur, to take place"
      ],
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        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
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          "occur",
          "occur"
        ],
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          "take place",
          "take place"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaː.na/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ar-كان.ogg",
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "Judeo-Arabic",
      "word": "כאן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "كان"
}

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        "Caen (a city in France)"
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    {
      "form": "كَان⁩",
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        "canonical"
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    },
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      "form": "Kān",
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        "romanization"
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  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "laysa",
      "word": "لَيْسَ"
    }
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        "ar:Cities in France",
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        "Cannes (a city in France)"
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}

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