كأن
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ʔan.na/
Inflection
| Inflected forms | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base form | كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna) | ||||
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Masculine | Feminine | Common | Masculine | Feminine | |
| First person | كَأَنَّنِي (kaʔannanī) | كَأَنَّنَا (kaʔannanā) | |||
| Second person | كَأَنَّكَ (kaʔannaka) | كَأَنَّكِ (kaʔannaki) | كَأَنَّكُمَا (kaʔannakumā) | كَأَنَّكُمْ (kaʔannakum) | كَأَنَّكُنَّ (kaʔannakunna) |
| Third person | كَأَنَّهُ (kaʔannahu) | كَأَنَّهَا (kaʔannahā) | كَأَنَّهُمَا (kaʔannahumā) | كَأَنَّهُمْ (kaʔannahum) | كَأَنَّهُنَّ (kaʔannahunna) |
Conjunction
كَأَنْ • (kaʔan)
- as if
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 10:24:
- فَجَعَلْنَاهَا حَصِيدًا كَأَنْ لَمْ تَغْنَ بِالْأَمْسِ كَذٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
- fa-jaʕalnāhā ḥaṣīdan kaʔan lam taḡna bi-l-ʔamsi kaḏālika nufaṣṣilu l-ʔāyāti li-qawmin yatafakkarūna
- We make it as a harvest, as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do We explain in detail the signs for a people who give thought.
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