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كن

كِنٌّ ذ A place of retreat or concealment; such as a cave, and an excavated house or chamber: (Beyd, xvi. 83:) see بَرٌّ. ― -b2- كِنٌّ The shelter of a wall: see دِفْءٌ. ― -b3- A thing that serves for veiling, covering, or protecting. (S, * Msb, * K.) See ظِلٌّ, where I have thus rendered it. كُنَّةٌ ذ : see طَنَفٌ. كِنَانَةٌ ذ : see جَعْبَةٌ. كَانُونٌ ذ A fire-place; a place in which fire is lighted. (S, K.) مَكْنُونُ الفَائِلِ ذ : see a verse of El-Aashà in art. فيل. فاعل مُسْتَكِنٌّ ذ : see مُسْتَقِنٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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