ك و ي

Arabic

Etymology

Cognate to Aramaic and Hebrew כ־ו־י (כֹּוֶה (kōwe, “to sear”), Aramaic כְוַאָה / ܟܘܝܐ (kwāyā, “cauterization”) etc.), Akkadian 𒅗𒈬𒌋 (/⁠kawû, kamû⁠/, “to scorch, roast, bake, sear”).

Root

ك و ي • (k-w-y)

1. related to searing

Derived terms

• Form I: كَوَى (kawā, “to sear, to cauterize; to iron, to do (laundry); to sting (of a scorpion)”)
  • Verbal noun: كَيّ (kayy)
  • Active participle: كَاوٍ (kāwin)
  • Passive participle: مَكْوِيّ (makwiyy)
• Form VII: اِنْكَوَى (inkawā, “to be seared”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْكِوَاء (inkiwāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُنْكَوٍ (munkawin)
• Form VIII: اِكْتَوَى (iktawā, “to be seared; to be ironed”)
  • Verbal noun: اِكْتِوَاء (iktiwāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُكْتَوٍ (muktawin)
• Form X: اِسْتَكْوَى (istakwā, “to demand cauterization from”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِكْوَاء (istikwāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَكْوٍ (mustakwin)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَكْوًى (mustakwan)

• مِكْوَاة (mikwāh, “iron for laundry”)
• مَكْوًى (makwan, “iron for laundry; place where one irons”)
• كَيَّة (kayya, “burnt spot, brand”)
• كَوِيّة (kawiyya, “crease, the feature of clothing that requires ironing”)
• كَوَّاء (kawwāʔ, “calumniator; washer”)
• كَاوِيَاء (kāwiyāʔ, “iron to mark beasts”)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ك و ي”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 503
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “ك و ي”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 73
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ك و ي”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 946
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ك و ي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 995
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ك و ي”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1133