Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ك

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1 كَنَسَ ذ , (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) aor. كَنُسَ , (S, Msb,) or كَنِسَ , (Mgh,) inf. n. كَنْسٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) He swept (Mgh, TA) a house, or chamber, (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) or place, (TA,) with a مِكْنَسَة [or broom]. (A, Mgh.) ― -b2- مَرُّوا بِهِمْ فَكَنَسُوهُمْ (tropical:) They passed by them and swept them away, or destroyed them; syn. كَسَحُوهُمْ. (A, TA.) -A2- كَنَسَ, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. كَنِسَ , (S, Msb, K,) or كَنُسَ , (Mgh,) inf. n. كُنُوسٌ, (Mgh, Msb,) He (an antelope) entered his كِنَاس, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) i. e., his covert, or hiding-place, among trees; (S, K;) or abode; (Msb;) or cave; (TA;) as also ↓ تكنّس (S, A, Mgh, K) and ↓ اكتنس ;) (A, TA;) which two verbs are likewise said of a wild bull or cow, in the same sense. (TA.) [Hence,] ↓ تكنّس also signifies (tropical:) He (a man, TA) entered the tent: (K:) or hid himself, and entered the tent. (TA.) And ↓ تكنّست (tropical:) She (a woman) entered the هَوْدَج [or camel-litter]: (K:) app. taken from the saying of Lebeed, فَتَكَنَّسُوا قُطْنًا, meaning, and they entered هَوَادِج [or camel-litters] covered with cloths of cotton. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence also,] كَنَسَتِ النُّجُومُ, (Zj,) aor. كَنِسَ , (AO, Zj, S, K,) inf. n. كُنُوسٌ, (Lth, Zj,) (tropical:) The stars hid themselves in their place, or places, of setting, (AO, Zj, S, K, *) like antelopes in their كُنُس [or coverts]: (K:) [or] continued in their courses and then departed, returning: (Zj:) or the stars [here meaning planets] became stationary in their circuiting or revolving. (Lth.) See كَانِسٌ.