أركون

أركون

Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn, “ruler”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔar.kuːn/

Noun

أَرْكُون • (ʾarkūn) m (plural أَرَاكِنَة‎ (ʾarākina))

1. (philosophy, Gnosticism) one of the principal and fundamental elements or hypostases that keep together the material world or a personification thereof, archon
2. (Manichaeism) one of the five hypostases of the Realm of Darkness (the Beast, the Dragon, the Bird, the Fish, and the Lion) that make up the Protodevil and out of which the material world was partially created

   Synonym: عُنْصُر‎ (ʿunṣur, “hypostasis”)

Declension

Declension of noun أَرْكُون (ʾarkūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَرْكُون ʾarkūn	الْأَرْكُون‎ al-ʾarkūn	أَرْكُون ʾarkūn
Nominative	أَرْكُونٌ ʾarkūnun	الْأَرْكُونُ‎ al-ʾarkūnu	أَرْكُونُ ʾarkūnu
Accusative	أَرْكُونًا‎ ʾarkūnan	الْأَرْكُونَ‎ al-ʾarkūna	أَرْكُونَ ʾarkūna
Genitive	أَرْكُونٍ ʾarkūnin	الْأَرْكُونِ‎ al-ʾarkūni	أَرْكُونِ ʾarkūni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَرْكُونَيْن‎ ʾarkūnayn	الْأَرْكُونَيْن‎ al-ʾarkūnayn	أَرْكُونَيْ‎ ʾarkūnay
Nominative	أَرْكُونَانِ‎ ʾarkūnāni	الْأَرْكُونَانِ‎ al-ʾarkūnāni	أَرْكُونَا‎ ʾarkūnā
Accusative	أَرْكُونَيْنِ‎ ʾarkūnayni	الْأَرْكُونَيْنِ‎ al-ʾarkūnayni	أَرْكُونَيْ‎ ʾarkūnay
Genitive	أَرْكُونَيْنِ‎ ʾarkūnayni	الْأَرْكُونَيْنِ‎ al-ʾarkūnayni	أَرْكُونَيْ‎ ʾarkūnay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَرَاكِنَة‎ ʾarākina	الْأَرَاكِنَة‎ al-ʾarākina	أَرَاكِنَة‎ ʾarākinat
Nominative	أَرَاكِنَةٌ‎ ʾarākinatun	الْأَرَاكِنَةُ‎ al-ʾarākinatu	أَرَاكِنَةُ‎ ʾarākinatu
Accusative	أَرَاكِنَةً‎ ʾarākinatan	الْأَرَاكِنَةَ‎ al-ʾarākinata	أَرَاكِنَةَ‎ ʾarākinata
Genitive	أَرَاكِنَةٍ‎ ʾarākinatin	الْأَرَاكِنَةِ‎ al-ʾarākinati	أَرَاكِنَةِ‎ ʾarākinati

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:أركون.