مكن — Free Lane's Lexicon

verb form II

مَكَّنَهُ

makkanahu

mak~anahu

He gave him a place: (Jel, vi. 6:) he assigned him a place, and settled, or established, him. (Bd, ibid, where see more.) You say also, مَكَّنَ لَهُ فِى مَنْزِلٍ [He assigned, or gave, him a place in an abode]. (S in art. بوأ.) مَكَّنَهُ مِنْ شَىْءٍ, and أَمْكَنَهُ, He made him to have mastery, or dominion, or ascendancy, or authority, and power, over a thing; (Msb;) put it in his power. مَكَّنَهُ مِنَ الشَّىْءِ, and مِنْهُ أَمْكَنَ, He empowered him, enabled him, or rendered him able, to do the thing: he enabled him to have the thing within his power. Ex. يَدَيْهِ أَمْكَنَ مِنْ رُكْبَتَيْهِ He enabled his hands to take and grasp his knees. from a trad. (Mgh.)

Perseus ID: n43665

verb form IV

أَمْكَنَهُ مِنْ شَىْءِ

ā^amkanahu min sháʾi

A^amokanahu mino $aYo'i

He made him to have a thing within his power, or reach: enabled him to do, reach, get, or obtain, a thing. See 2. أَمْكَنَهُ It was within his power, or reach; was possible, or practicable, to him. أَمْكَنَهُ It became easy to him. (Msb.) It (an object of the chase) offered him an opportunity to shoot it or capture it; or became within his power, or reach. أَمْكِنِى, said to a woman, [meaning Empower thou; i. e. grant thou access;] occurs in a poem. (S, art. عرض.) أَمْكَنَتْهُ She granted him attainment.

Perseus ID: n43666

verb form V

تَمَكَّنَ

tamakkana

tamak~ana

i. q. اِسْتَقَرَّ: (Msb, art. قر:) it is very often used in this sense, as meaning He, or it, settled; became fixed, or established; it became fixed, or steady, in its place; when said of a man, particularly implying in authority and power: see قَرَّ. تَمَكَّنَ مِنْ شَىْءٍ, and اِسْتَمْكَنَ, He became possessed of mastery, or dominion, or ascendancy, or authority, and power, over a thing; he was able to avail himself of it: [he was, or became, within reach of him, or it.] (Msb.) تَمَكَّنَ مِنْهُ He assumed authority over him.

Perseus ID: n43667

verb form X