كُنْتِىٌّ
Root: كنت
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كُنْتِىٌّ
Strong; robust. An epithet applied to a man. Formed from كُنْتُ “ I was ” because an old man speaks of himself in time past saying كُنْتُ كَذَا
وَكُنْتُ كَذَا.
2 Also, [and كُنْتٌ , as implied in the TA, and in the S in art., عجن,] and , i. q. كَبِيرٌ [app. Great in age; old: aged]. A poet says,
2 Also, [and كُنْتٌ , as implied in the TA, and in the S in art., عجن,] and , i. q. كَبِيرٌ [app. Great in age; old: aged]. A poet says,
[And I was not old, nor was I one who raised himself from the ground by the help of his hands: and the worst of men is the old, and one who raises himself so].وَمَا كُنْتُ كُنْتِيًّا وَمَا كُنْتُ عَاجِنًا وَشَرُّ الرِّجَالِ الكُنْتُنِىُّ وَعَاجِنُ
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