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س-ك-ن
being still; dwelling
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Words from this root
7 words in 7 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
فَعَلَ سَكَنَ
to live, dwell (in a place)
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- Present
- يَسْكُنُ
- Command
- اُسْكُنْ
أَسْكُنُ فِي الرِّيَاضِ I live in Riyadh
Met in The apartment and the neighbourhood
فَاعِل سَاكِنٌ
resident, inhabitant; (adjective) still, quiet
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- Plural
- سُكَّانٌ
- Feminine
- سَاكِنَةٌ
فَعَل سَكَنٌ
housing, accommodation
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السَّكَنُ الْجَامِعِيُّ student housing
مَفْعَل مَسْكَنٌ
dwelling, residence
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- Plural
- مَسَاكِنُ
فُعُول سُكُونٌ
stillness, silence; the sukun mark
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the diacritic ْ is named after it
فَعِيلَة سَكِينَةٌ
calm, tranquillity
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أَفْعَلَ أَسْكَنَ
to house, give someone a place to live
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- Present
- يُسْكِنُ
How the patterns shape this root
The root's first idea is stillness: سُكُون is silence, and the mark ْ that shows a letter has no vowel is called sukun because the letter 'rests'. To settle down and stay still in a place is to live there — سَكَنَ, as in أَسْكُنُ فِي الرِّيَاضِ, I live in Riyadh. The resident is سَاكِن (فَاعِل), plural سُكَّان, the housing is سَكَن and the dwelling مَسْكَن (مَفْعَل).