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كاهِن

priest /ˈkaː.hin/

nounB1#2441 most common

Also: soothsayer, diviner, seer

Example sentences

كاهِنُ الكَنيسةِ رَجُلٌ طَيِّبٌ.
The church's priest is a kind man.
ذَهَبْنا لِرُؤْيَةِ الكاهِنِ يَوْمَ الأَحَدِ.
We went to see the priest on Sunday.
كانَ الكاهِنُ فِي مِصْرَ القَديمَةِ يُقَدِّمُ القَرابينَ لِلْآلِهَةِ.
In ancient Egypt, the priest used to offer sacrifices to the gods.
زَعَمَ الكاهِنُ أَنَّهُ يَسْتَطيعُ التَّنَبُّؤَ بِالمُسْتَقْبَلِ.
The soothsayer claimed he could predict the future.
فِي الجاهِلِيَّةِ، كانَ يُعْتَقَدُ أَنَّ الكاهِنَ يَتَّصِلُ بِالجِنِّ لِيَعْرِفَ الغَيْبَ.
In the pre-Islamic era, people believed the soothsayer communicated with jinn to learn the unseen.
تَعَدَّدَتْ طُقوسُ الكَهَنَةِ فِي المَعابِدِ الفِرْعَوْنِيَّةِ، وَكانَ لِكُلِّ كاهِنٍ دَوْرٌ مُحَدَّدٌ فِي إِقامَةِ الشَّعائِرِ.
The rituals of the priests in the Pharaonic temples were numerous, and each priest had a specific role in performing the rites.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeكاهِنٌكَهَنةٌ
Genitiveكاهِنٍكَهَنةٍ
Accusativeكاهِناًكَهَنةً
Vocativeيا كاهِنُيا كَهَنةُ

Word family

كِهانة (kihāna)divination, soothsaying, priesthood
كاهِنة (kāhina)priestess, female diviner
تَكَهَّنَ (takahhana)to predict, prognosticate, guess
تَكَهُّن (takahhun)prediction, guesswork
كَهَنة (kahana)priests, soothsayers (plural)

Etymology

Kāhin comes from the Semitic root k-h-n, tied to the verb kahana, to divine or act as a priest. The same root gives the noun kihāna, divination or priesthood. It is one of the oldest religious-office words in the Semitic languages, predating Islam, when a kāhin was a tribal figure who delivered rhymed oracular sayings.

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