كنس

1 كَنَسَ  , (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) aor. كَنُسَ , (S, Msb,) or كَنِسَ , (Mgh,) inf. n. كَنْسٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) He swept (Mgh, TA) a house, or chamber, (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) or place, (TA,) with a مِكْنَسَة [or broom]. (A, Mgh.) ― -b2- مَرُّوا بِهِمْ فَكَنَسُوهُمْ (tropical:) They passed by them and swept them away, or destroyed them; syn. كَسَحُوهُمْ. (A, TA.) -A2- كَنَسَ, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. كَنِسَ , (S, Msb, K,) or كَنُسَ , (Mgh,) inf. n. كُنُوسٌ, (Mgh, Msb,) He (an antelope) entered his كِنَاس, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) i. e., his covert, or hiding-place, among trees; (S, K;) or abode; (Msb;) or cave; (TA;) as also ↓ تكنّس (S, A, Mgh, K) and ↓ اكتنس ;) (A, TA;) which two verbs are likewise said of a wild bull or cow, in the same sense. (TA.) [Hence,] ↓ تكنّس also signifies (tropical:) He (a man, TA) entered the tent: (K:) or hid himself, and entered the tent. (TA.) And ↓ تكنّست (tropical:) She (a woman) entered the هَوْدَج [or camel-litter]: (K:) app. taken from the saying of Lebeed, فَتَكَنَّسُوا قُطْنًا, meaning, and they entered هَوَادِج [or camel-litters] covered with cloths of cotton. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence also,] كَنَسَتِ النُّجُومُ, (Zj,) aor. كَنِسَ , (AO, Zj, S, K,) inf. n. كُنُوسٌ, (Lth, Zj,) (tropical:) The stars hid themselves in their place, or places, of setting, (AO, Zj, S, K, *) like antelopes in their كُنُس [or coverts]: (K:) [or] continued in their courses and then departed, returning: (Zj:) or the stars [here meaning planets] became stationary in their circuiting or revolving. (Lth.) See كَانِسٌ. 5 تَكَنَّسَ see 1; the former, in four places. 8 إِِكْتَنَسَ 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 ذ 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. كَنَائِسُ. (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.) Credit: Lane Lexicon