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تَكَوَّن
to form; to come into being /taˈkawːana/
verbB2#3916 most common
Also: to be formed, to consist of / be composed of, to develop
Example sentences
يَتَكَوَّن الماء من الهيدروجين والأكسجين.
Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen.
تَتَكَوَّن عائلتي من خمسة أفراد.
My family consists of five members.
بدأت الغيوم تَتَكَوَّن في السماء قبل المطر.
Clouds began to form in the sky before the rain.
يَتَكَوَّن جسم الإنسان من تريليونات الخلايا.
The human body is composed of trillions of cells.
تَتَكَوَّن الشخصية عبر سنوات من التجارب والخبرات المتراكمة.
Personality forms over years of accumulated experiences.
مع مرور الوقت، تَكَوَّنَت لدى الباحث قناعة راسخة بأن النظرية بحاجة إلى مراجعة جذرية.
Over time, the researcher formed a firm conviction that the theory needed a radical revision.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَكَوَّن | تَكَوَّنْتُ | سَأَتَكَوَّن |
| 2sg | تَتَكَوَّن | تَكَوَّنْتَ | سَتَتَكَوَّن |
| 3sg | يَتَكَوَّن | تَكَوَّنَ | سَيَتَكَوَّن |
| 1pl | نَتَكَوَّن | تَكَوَّنَّا | سَنَتَكَوَّن |
| 2pl | تَتَكَوَّنون | تَكَوَّنْتُم | سَتَتَكَوَّنون |
| 3pl | يَتَكَوَّنون | تَكَوَّنوا | سَيَتَكَوَّنون |
Word family
كانto be, wasكَوْنexistence, the universe
تكوينformation, composition, genesis
مُكَوِّنcomponent, constituent, ingredient
كائنbeing, creature, entity
Etymology
تَكَوَّن comes from the triliteral Semitic root ك-و-ن (k-w-n), the same root behind كان (kāna, "was, to be"). It is built in Form V (tafaʿʿala), a pattern that adds a reflexive or gradual sense to a root. So where كان expresses simple existence, تَكَوَّن expresses the process of coming into that existence, forming or developing over time.
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