"كان" meaning in Egyptian Arabic

See كان in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Arabic كَانَ (kāna). Etymology templates: {{inh|arz|ar|كَانَ}} Arabic كَانَ (kāna) Head templates: {{arz-verb|tr=kān|vn=كون|vntr=kōn}} كان • (kān) (verbal noun كون (kōn)) Inflection templates: {{arz-conj|كنت|kunt|كنت|kunt|كان|kān|كننا|kunna|كنتوا|kuntu|كونوا|kūnu|كنتي|kunti|كانت|kānit|اكون|akūn|تكون|tikūn|يكون|yikūn|نكون|nikūn|تكونوا|tikūnu|يكونوا|yikūnu|تكوني|tikūni|تكون|tikūn|بكون|bakūn|بتكون|bitkūn|بيكون|biykūn|بنكون|binkūn|بتكونوا|bitkūnu|بيكونوا|biykūnu|بتكوني|bitkūnu|بتكون|bitkūn|حكون|ḥakūn|حتكون|ḥatkūn|حيكون|ḥaykūn|حنكون|ḥankūn|حتكونوا|ḥatkūnu|حيكونوا|ḥaykūnu|حتكوني|ḥatkūnu|حتكون|ḥatkūn|كون|kūn|كونوا|kūnu|كوني|kūni|ap=كاين|ap-tr=kāyin|msg=(form-I hollow)|pp=متكان|pp-tr=mitkān|vn=|vn-tr=}} Forms: kān [romanization], كون [noun-from-verb], 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, singular], كنتوا [masculine, past, plural, second-person], كونوا [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, singular], كنتوا [feminine, past, plural, second-person], كونوا [feminine, past, plural, third-person], اكون [first-person, masculine, present, singular, subjunctive], تكون [masculine, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], يكون [masculine, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], نكون [first-person, masculine, present, singular, subjunctive], تكونوا [masculine, plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], يكونوا [masculine, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], اكون [feminine, first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], تكوني [feminine, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], تكون [feminine, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], نكون [feminine, first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], تكونوا [feminine, plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], يكونوا [feminine, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], بكون [first-person, indicative, masculine, present, singular], بتكون [indicative, masculine, present, second-person, singular], بيكون [indicative, masculine, present, singular, third-person], بنكون [first-person, indicative, masculine, present, singular], بتكونوا [indicative, masculine, plural, present, second-person], بيكونوا [indicative, masculine, plural, present, third-person], بكون [feminine, first-person, indicative, present, singular], بتكوني [feminine, indicative, present, second-person, singular], بتكون [feminine, indicative, present, singular, third-person], بنكون [feminine, first-person, indicative, present, singular], بتكونوا [feminine, indicative, plural, present, second-person], بيكونوا [feminine, indicative, plural, present, third-person], حكون [first-person, future, masculine, singular], حتكون [future, masculine, second-person, singular], حيكون [future, masculine, singular, third-person], حنكون [first-person, future, masculine, singular], حتكونوا [future, masculine, plural, second-person], حيكونوا [future, masculine, plural, third-person], حكون [feminine, first-person, future, singular], حتكوني [feminine, future, second-person, singular], حتكون [feminine, future, singular, third-person], حنكون [feminine, first-person, future, singular], حتكونوا [feminine, future, plural, second-person], حيكونوا [feminine, future, plural, third-person], كون [imperative, masculine, second-person, singular], كونوا [imperative, masculine, plural, second-person], كوني [feminine, imperative, second-person, singular], كونوا [feminine, imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. (copulative) to be (see usage notes) Tags: copulative
    Sense id: en-كان-arz-verb-Gh5yMWkQ
  2. (auxiliary with indicative) Indicates progressive or continuous aspect: to be Tags: auxiliary Synonyms: قعد, فضل
    Sense id: en-كان-arz-verb-z7KTb15E Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 7 7 1 17 1 2 3 1 12 1 6 17 1 10 2 10
  3. (in the past-tense, auxiliary with subjunctive) Expresses regret or condemnation: should have Tags: auxiliary, with-subjunctive Synonyms: بقى
    Sense id: en-كان-arz-verb-UrwnPfZN
  4. (in the past-tense, auxiliary with future-tense) Indicates a conditional: would Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-كان-arz-verb-C49~EYw3
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arz",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "كَانَ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كَانَ (kāna)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic كَانَ (kāna).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kān",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كون",
      "roman": "kōn",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arz-conj/I-hollow-u",
      "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",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنتوا",
      "roman": "kuntu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كونوا",
      "roman": "kūnu",
      "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": "kānit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كننا",
      "roman": "kunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنتوا",
      "roman": "kuntu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كونوا",
      "roman": "kūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اكون",
      "roman": "akūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكون",
      "roman": "tikūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يكون",
      "roman": "yikūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نكون",
      "roman": "nikūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكونوا",
      "roman": "tikūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يكونوا",
      "roman": "yikūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اكون",
      "roman": "akūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكوني",
      "roman": "tikūni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكون",
      "roman": "tikūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نكون",
      "roman": "nikūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكونوا",
      "roman": "tikūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يكونوا",
      "roman": "yikūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bakūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكون",
      "roman": "bitkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بيكون",
      "roman": "biykūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بنكون",
      "roman": "binkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكونوا",
      "roman": "bitkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بيكونوا",
      "roman": "biykūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bakūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكوني",
      "roman": "bitkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكون",
      "roman": "bitkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بنكون",
      "roman": "binkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكونوا",
      "roman": "bitkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بيكونوا",
      "roman": "biykūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "حكون",
      "roman": "ḥakūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "حتكون",
      "roman": "ḥatkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "حيكون",
      "roman": "ḥaykūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "حنكون",
      "roman": "ḥankūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "حتكونوا",
      "roman": "ḥatkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "حيكونوا",
      "roman": "ḥaykūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "حكون",
      "roman": "ḥakūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "حتكوني",
      "roman": "ḥatkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "حتكون",
      "roman": "ḥatkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "حنكون",
      "roman": "ḥankūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "حتكونوا",
      "roman": "ḥatkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "حيكونوا",
      "roman": "ḥaykūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كون",
      "roman": "kūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كونوا",
      "roman": "kūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كوني",
      "roman": "kūni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كونوا",
      "roman": "kūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "kān",
        "vn": "كون",
        "vntr": "kōn"
      },
      "expansion": "كان • (kān) (verbal noun كون (kōn))",
      "name": "arz-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "كنت",
        "10": "kuntu",
        "11": "كونوا",
        "12": "kūnu",
        "13": "كنتي",
        "14": "kunti",
        "15": "كانت",
        "16": "kānit",
        "17": "اكون",
        "18": "akūn",
        "19": "تكون",
        "2": "kunt",
        "20": "tikūn",
        "21": "يكون",
        "22": "yikūn",
        "23": "نكون",
        "24": "nikūn",
        "25": "تكونوا",
        "26": "tikūnu",
        "27": "يكونوا",
        "28": "yikūnu",
        "29": "تكوني",
        "3": "كنت",
        "30": "tikūni",
        "31": "تكون",
        "32": "tikūn",
        "33": "بكون",
        "34": "bakūn",
        "35": "بتكون",
        "36": "bitkūn",
        "37": "بيكون",
        "38": "biykūn",
        "39": "بنكون",
        "4": "kunt",
        "40": "binkūn",
        "41": "بتكونوا",
        "42": "bitkūnu",
        "43": "بيكونوا",
        "44": "biykūnu",
        "45": "بتكوني",
        "46": "bitkūnu",
        "47": "بتكون",
        "48": "bitkūn",
        "49": "حكون",
        "5": "كان",
        "50": "ḥakūn",
        "51": "حتكون",
        "52": "ḥatkūn",
        "53": "حيكون",
        "54": "ḥaykūn",
        "55": "حنكون",
        "56": "ḥankūn",
        "57": "حتكونوا",
        "58": "ḥatkūnu",
        "59": "حيكونوا",
        "6": "kān",
        "60": "ḥaykūnu",
        "61": "حتكوني",
        "62": "ḥatkūnu",
        "63": "حتكون",
        "64": "ḥatkūn",
        "65": "كون",
        "66": "kūn",
        "67": "كونوا",
        "68": "kūnu",
        "69": "كوني",
        "7": "كننا",
        "70": "kūni",
        "8": "kunna",
        "9": "كنتوا",
        "ap": "كاين",
        "ap-tr": "kāyin",
        "msg": "(form-I hollow)",
        "pp": "متكان",
        "pp-tr": "mitkān",
        "vn": "",
        "vn-tr": ""
      },
      "name": "arz-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian Arabic",
  "lang_code": "arz",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to be (see usage notes)"
      ],
      "id": "en-كان-arz-verb-Gh5yMWkQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "copulative",
          "copular verb"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(copulative) to be (see usage notes)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "copulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 1 17 1 2 3 1 12 1 6 17 1 10 2 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He was trying to tell you",
          "roman": "kān biyḥāwil yiʔullak",
          "text": "كان بيحاول يقولك",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicates progressive or continuous aspect: to be"
      ],
      "id": "en-كان-arz-verb-z7KTb15E",
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary with indicative) Indicates progressive or continuous aspect: to be"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with indicative"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "قعد"
        },
        {
          "word": "فضل"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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          "roman": "kān yiḥāwil yiʔullak",
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        {
          "english": "He was trying to tell you",
          "roman": "kān biyḥāwil yiʔullak",
          "text": "كان بيحاول يقولك",
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      ],
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        "Indicates progressive or continuous aspect: to be"
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        "(auxiliary with indicative) Indicates progressive or continuous aspect: to be"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "قعد"
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          "word": "فضل"
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        "auxiliary"
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        {
          "english": "[Then,] he should have tried to tell you",
          "roman": "kān yiḥāwil yiʔullak",
          "text": "كان يحاول يقولك",
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        "Expresses regret or condemnation: should have"
      ],
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        "(in the past-tense, auxiliary with subjunctive) Expresses regret or condemnation: should have"
      ],
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        "in the past-tense"
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          "word": "بقى"
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        "with-subjunctive"
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          "english": "[Then,] he would have tried to tell you",
          "roman": "kān ḥayḥāwil yiʔullak",
          "text": "كان حيحاول يقولك",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Indicates a conditional: would"
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          "would",
          "would"
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        "(in the past-tense, auxiliary with future-tense) Indicates a conditional: would"
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        "in the past-tense",
        "with future-tense"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/kaːn/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[kæːn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "كان"
}

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