ك ن س

تَكَنَّسَ see 1; the former, in four places.

اـِكْتَنَسَ see 1; the former, in four places.

كِنَاسٌ A gazelle's covert, or hiding-place, among trees: (S, K:) so called because he sweeps ( يكنس ) the sand, or in the sand, [accord. to different copies of the K,] until he reaches the soil, or moist earth: (K, * TA:) or his abode: (Msb:) or cave: (TA:) and [in like manner] ↓ مَكْنِسٌ a place into which a gazelle or a wild bull or cow enters to protect itself therein from the heat: (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَكْنِسَةٌ (TA) and [of mult.] كُنُسٌ and كُنَّسٌ (K) and [pl. pl., i. e., pl. of كُنُسٌ ,] كُنُسَاتٌ . (TA.)

كُنَاسَةٌ Sweepings; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) the dust of a house that is swept and thrown into a heap. (Lh.) ― -b2- Also, The place of sweepings; (Mgh;) the place where sweepings are thrown. (TA.)

كَنِيسَةٌ A place of worship (K) of the Christians; [a Christian church:] (S, A, K:) or of the Jews; (Sgh, K;) i. e., of the Jews only: [a Jewish synagogue;] that of Christians being called بِيعَةٌ : (Sgh:) [Chald כְנישָׁה: (Golius:)] or both; (Mgh, Msb;) being sometimes applied to the former [in classical times, as it is in the present day, as well as to the latter]: (Msb:) or of unbelievers, (K,) absolutely: (TA:) an arabicized word, [from the Chaldee mentioned above, or] from [the Persian word] كُنِسْتْ (Az, Mgh) or كَنَسْتْ (TA) [signifying “ a firetemple ”]: pl. كَنَايءِسُ . (A, Msb.) -A2- A thing resembling [the kind of camel-litter called] a هَوْدَج , composed of twigs, or branches, stuck in a مَحْمِل or a رَحْل , with a cloth thrown over them, in which the rider sits in the shade and conceals himself: (Mgh, Msb:) of the measure فَعِيلَةٌ from كُنُوسٌ [an inf. n. of كَنَسَ ]: (Mgh:) pl. as above. (Msb.)

كَنَّاسٌ One who sweeps حُشُوش [meaning privies]. (A, TA.)

كَانِسٌ An antelope, (S, A, TA,) and a wild bull, (TA,) entering his كِنَاس , (S, A, TA,) i. e., his covert, or hiding-place, among trees: (S:) fem. with ة : (Zj:) pl. كُنَّسٌ , both of the masc. and fem., (Zj,) and كَوَانِسُ , of the masc., (A,) [and of the fem. also accord. to rule,] and كُنُوسٌ . (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] الكُنَّسُ , (S,) or الجَوَارِى الكُنَّسُ , (K,) [in the Kur, lxxxi. 16,] (tropical:) The stars; because they hide themselves in their place of setting: (AO, S:) or the stars that rise running their course, and hide themselves in their places of setting: (Zj:) or all the stars; because they appear by night and lie hidden by day: (K:) or i. q. الخُنَّسُ , (K, TA,) i. e., السَّيَّارَةُ , (TA,) or السَّيَّارَاتُ , (Bd,) or الخُنَّسُ السَّيَّارَةُ , (S,) the five stars, [or planets,] Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury; (TA;) because they hide themselves in their place of setting, like antelopes in their كُنُس [or coverts]; (K;) or because they become hidden beneath the light of the sun: (Bd:) or the stars [meaning plants] that become hidden in their courses, and run their courses and become stationary in their places of circuiting, and then circuit [again]; every star [of those thus named] having a circuit in which it becomes stationary, and [then] revolves [again], and then it departs, returning: (Lth:) or the angels: (K:) or the wild bulls or cows, and the wild antelopes, (Zj, K,) that enter their كُنُس [or coverts] when the heat is vehement. (Zj.)

مَكْنِسٌ : [pl. مَكَانِسُ :] see كِنَاسٌ . ― -b2- [Hence,] مَكَانِسُ الرَّيْبِ (assumed tropical:) The places of suspicion. (TA.)

مِكْنَسَةٌ A broom; a thing with which one sweeps: (S, A, Msb:) pl. مَكَانِسُ . (A, TA.)

مُكَنِّسٌ A maker of brooms. (Golius, from Meyd.)