Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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كنه كنى كهب


1. ⇒ كنى

كَنَى He affixed a كِنَايَة, meaning, with the Koofees, a pronoun, to a verb [&c.]: (TA in art. ريب:) but accord. to the usage of the verb in two instances in the M and Ḳ, voce رَابَ in art. ريب, it clearly means he spoke allusively.

Root: كنى - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

كَنَىَ بِهِ عَنْ كَدَم, He used it metonymically for such a word or phrase; he alluded thereby to such a thing.


كُنْيَةٌ

كُنْيَةٌ A surname of relationship.


كِنَايَةٌ

كِنَايَةٌ A metonymy: see تَعْرِيضٌ; where the difference between these two words is explained.

Root: كنى - Entry: كِنَايَةٌ Signification: A2

Also, An allusion. (TA.)

Root: كنى - Entry: كِنَايَةٌ Signification: A3

Also, andمُكَنًّى↓, accord. to De Sacy, in his Ar. Gr. i. 455, orمُكَنٍّ↓, for I find its plural written in a copy of the Ṣ مُكَنِّيَات, A pronoun; see كَنَى.


مُكَنٍّ

مُكَنٍّ and مُكَنَّى:see كِنَايَةٌ.


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