Quranic root
كين
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The evidence records two distinct lexical lines: an anatomical noun and كِينَةٌ meaning a state or condition. It does not securely establish a single broader semantic principle for the root.
كِينَةٌ is explained as a derivative of كَوْنٌ; the anatomical usage is separately recorded and should not be conflated with that etymological explanation.
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Forms in the Quran
This root occurs in the Quran, but none of its occurrences are assigned to a reader-facing Quranic form in the dictionary. Its occurrences remain fully browsable below.
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
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Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 2 Classical meanings
كَيْنٌ
An anatomical part associated with a woman's sexual anatomy; the plural is كُيُونٌ.
Also recorded as كَيْنَةٌ. The supplied evidence gives the plural form and anatomical association but does not provide a fuller anatomical specification.
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كِينَةٌ
A state or condition.
In the expression بَاتَ فُلَانٌ بِكِينَةِ سَوْءٍ, it means being in a bad condition or state. This usage is etymologically explained as related to كَوْنٌ.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic Form X occurrences are retained in form accounting but are not given a public Quranic sense because the supplied contextual glosses cannot independently establish lexical meaning and the relevant Lane evidence is cross-reference-only.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
The Quranic occurrences at 3:146:18 and 23:76:5 have contextual glosses “they gave in” and “they submit,” but the packet contains no direct lexical evidence sufficient to determine and document the sense of اِسْتَكَانَ.