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كأن

Root: ك

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كأن ka-anna (conj. introducing a nominal clause) as if, as though; it is (was) as if │ كأني بها ka-annī bihā (with imperf.) it is like seeing her before me; I am under the impression that she …, it looks to me as if she ...

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