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تَمَكَّن
to manage to (do); to be able to /taˈmak.ka.na/
verbA1#541 most common
Also: to succeed in, to master, to gain control over
Example sentences
تَمَكَّنَ الْوَلَدُ مِنَ الْوُصُولِ.
The boy managed to arrive.
تَمَكَّنْتُ مِنْ حَلِّ الْمَسْأَلَةِ.
I managed to solve the problem.
تَمَكَّنَتْ مِنْ إِنْهَاءِ عَمَلِهَا فِي الْوَقْتِ الْمُحَدَّدِ.
She managed to finish her work on time.
لَمْ يَتَمَكَّنِ الْفَرِيقُ مِنْ تَحْقِيقِ الْفَوْزِ رَغْمَ كُلِّ الْمُحَاوَلَاتِ.
The team was unable to achieve victory despite all the attempts.
بَعْدَ سَنَوَاتٍ مِنَ الْجُهْدِ، تَمَكَّنَ الْعُلَمَاءُ مِنْ تَطْوِيرِ لِقَاحٍ فَعَّالٍ.
After years of effort, the scientists managed to develop an effective vaccine.
تَمَكَّنَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ مِنْ تَرْسِيخِ مَكَانَتِهَا فِي السُّوقِ بَعْدَ أَنْ تَجَاوَزَتْ أَزَمَاتٍ مَالِيَّةً مُتَلَاحِقَةً.
The company succeeded in firmly establishing its position in the market after overcoming successive financial crises.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَمَكَّنُ | تَمَكَّنْتُ | سَأَتَمَكَّنُ |
| 2sg | تَتَمَكَّنُ | تَمَكَّنْتَ | سَتَتَمَكَّنُ |
| 3sg | يَتَمَكَّنُ | تَمَكَّنَ | سَيَتَمَكَّنُ |
| 1pl | نَتَمَكَّنُ | تَمَكَّنَّا | سَنَتَمَكَّنُ |
| 2pl | تَتَمَكَّنُونَ | تَمَكَّنْتُمْ | سَتَتَمَكَّنُونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَمَكَّنُونَ | تَمَكَّنُوا | سَيَتَمَكَّنُونَ |
Word family
مَكَّنَto enable, to empower
تَمْكِينempowerment, enabling
إِمْكَانِيَّةpossibility, capability
مُتَمَكِّنproficient, in command (of)
مَكِينfirmly established, well-positioned
Etymology
تَمَكَّنَ is the Form V (تَفَعَّل) verb built on the triliteral root م ك ن. Form V is the reflexive of Form II مَكَّنَ, 'to enable, to empower', so the verb means roughly 'to become enabled' and thus 'to manage to'. The same root carries مَكَان 'place' and مَكِين 'firmly established', tying ability to the idea of holding firm ground. Some scholars link this root to the older Semitic root k-w-n, 'to be, to be firmly set'.
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