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سِكِّين
knife /sɪkˈkiːn/
nounB1#1413 most common
Also: blade, kitchen knife
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ سِكِّينٌ.
This is a knife.
أَينَ السِّكِّينُ؟
Where is the knife?
قَطَعتُ التُّفّاحةَ بِالسِّكِّينِ.
I cut the apple with the knife.
يَحتاجُ الجَزّارُ إلى سِكِّينٍ حادّةٍ لِتَقطيعِ اللَّحمِ.
The butcher needs a sharp knife to cut the meat.
رُصَّتِ السَّكاكِينُ في الدُّرجِ حَسَبَ الحَجمِ.
The knives were arranged in the drawer by size.
مَهما بَلَغَتِ السِّكِّينُ مِنَ الحِدّةِ، فإنَّها لا تَقطعُ مِقبَضَها.
However sharp the knife becomes, it cannot cut its own handle.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سِكِّينٌ | سَكاكِينُ |
| Genitive | سِكِّينٍ | سَكاكِينَ |
| Accusative | سِكِّيناً | سَكاكِينَ |
| Vocative | يا سِكِّينُ | يا سَكاكِينُ |
Word family
سَكاكِينknives (plural)
سَكَنَto dwell, to be still
سَكِينةcalm, tranquility
سُكونstillness
مَسْكَنdwelling, homeEtymology
سِكِّين comes from the Semitic triliteral root س ك ن, tied to the sense of stillness and rest. It sits on the instrument pattern فِعّيل, with the middle consonant doubled. Classical lexicographers explained the name by saying the knife stills the movement of the slaughtered animal. The same noun runs across the Semitic languages.
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