كنت
1 كَنَتَ فِى خَلْقِهِ, (aor.
كَنُتَ,
inf. n. كَنْتٌ,
TK,) He (a man) was strong in his make. (
IAar,
TS,
K.)
A2: كَنِتَ,
aor. ـَ It (a skin,
TA) became foul with the grease of milk [and so retained the water, or milk, well];
syn. حَشِنَ: (
TS, and
SM's copy of the
K: in the
CK and a
MS. copy of the
K, خَشُنَ: in another copy of the
K, حَسُنَ.) 8 اكتنت He was lowly; humble; submissive. (
K.) [See اِقْتَنَتَ.]
b2: He was content, or well pleased; acquiesced. (
K.) كُنْتٌ: see كُنْتِىٌّ.
سِقَاءٌ كَنِيتٌ [as also قَنِيتٌ] A skin that retains [the water, or milk,] well. (
K.) كُنْتِىٌّ Strong; robust. (Ibn-Buzruj,
K.) An
epithet applied to a man. (Ibn-Buzruj.) Formed from كُنْتُ “ I was ” because an old man speaks of himself in time past saying كُنْتُ كَذَا وَكُنْتُ كَذَا. (
MF.)
b2: Also, [and ↓ كُنْتٌ, as implied in the
TA, and in the
S in art., عجن,] and ↓ كُنْتُنِىٌّ,
i. q. كَبِيرٌ [
app. Great in age; old: aged]. (
Az,
K.) A poet says, وَمَا كُنْتُ كُنْتِيًّا وَمَا كُنْتُ عَاجِنًا وَشَرُّ الرِّجَالِ الكُنْتُنِىُّ وَعَاجِنُ [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]. (
TA.) كُنْتَنِىٌّ: see كُنْتِىُّ.