كمن

Arabic

Etymology 1

كَـ (ka-) + مَنْ (man)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.man/

Determiner

كَمَنْ • (kaman)

  1. like those who
    • 1956, Naguib Mahfouz, chapter 11, in بين القصرين, Cairo:
      لَسْتُ كَمَنْ عَرَفْتَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ.
      lastu kaman ʕarafta mina n-nisāʔi.
      I am not like those women whom you've known.

Etymology 2

Root
ك م ن (k-m-n)

Verb

كَمَنَ • (kamana) I, non-past يَكْمُنُ‎ (yakmunu) كَمِنَ • (kamina) I, non-past يَكْمَنُ‎ (yakmanu)

  1. to be hidden, to be absconded, to lie undetected, to reside, to lurk, to bushwhack, to lour
Conjugation

Verb

كَمَّنَ • (kammana) II, non-past يُكَمِّنُ‎ (yukamminu)

  1. to ambuscade, to bushwhack, to insidiate towards
Conjugation
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