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, It was, or became, few; small, or little, in number, quantity, or amount; scanty. b2: هُوَ يَقِلُّ عَنْ كَذَا He, or it, is smaller than, or too small for, such a thing; syn. يَصْغُرُ. (TA.) b3: قَلَّ لَبَنُهَا Her milk became little, or scanty; she became scant in her milk. b4: قَلَّ خَيْرُهُ [His good things, or wealth, and his beneficence, became few, or little; scanty, or wanting; he became poor; and he became niggardly:] for قِلَّةُ خَيْرٍ signifies “ poverty ” and “ niggardliness. ” (A, TA, in art. حجد.) And It became scanty, or deficient, or wanting, in goodness. b5: قَلَّ He had few aiders: sec an ex. voce فَلَّ.2 قَلَّلَــهُ He made it, or held it, to be little. (Msb.) b2: He showed it, or made it to appear, to be little, in quantity. (TA.) b3: See 4.4 أَقَلَّهُ He lifted it, or raised it, from the ground; and carried it. (Msb.) b2: أَقَلَّهُ الغَضَبُ (assumed tropical:) Anger disquieted, or flurried, him. (Mj, TA, in art. حمل.) And أُقِلَّ [alone] (assumed tropical:) He was disquieted, or flurried, by anger. (T, TA, in that art.) b3: أَقَلَّ مِنْهُ i. q. ↓ قَلَّلَــهُ. (M.) b4: أَقَلَّ He became poor: (S, Msb:) or he had little property. (K.) 5 تَــقَلَّلَ (K, art. نزر) It became diminished, or rendered little or small in quantity. (TK, same art.) b2: تَــقَلَّلَــهُ He saw it, or deemed it, to be little in quantity. (TA.) 10 اِسْنَفَلَّ He was independent, or alone; with none to share, or participate, with him. (TA.) [And اِسْتَقَلَّ بِنَفْسِهِ, the same; or (as shown by an explanation of the act. part. n. in the TA) he managed his affairs, by himself alone, thoroughly, soundly, or vigorously.] And هُوَ لاَ يَسْتَقِلُّ بِهٰذَا He is not able [by himself] to do this. (TA.) b2: اِسْتَقَلَّ He was independent of all others; absolute. b3: اِسْتَقلَّ He (a man) rose, or raised himself, with a burden: (JK:) and a bird in his flight. (JK, K.) b4: اُسْتُقِلَّ غَضَبًا He (a man) became affected with a tremour, or trembling, by anger. (JK.) b5: اِسْتَقَلَّ بِالشَّىْءِ i. q.

اِسْتَبَدَّ بِهِ. (TA in art. حكر.) ??

Poverty: see an ex. in a verse cited voce طَلَّاع.

قُلُّ بْنُ قُلٍّ

: see ضُلُّ.

قُلَّةٌ The top, or highest part, of a mountain, &c. (S, K.) b2: The top of the head and hump. (K.) See a verse cited voce ظِلٌّ. b3: قلتانِ [app. قُلَّتَانِ, or rather قَلْتَانِ, from قلت] The hollows of the two collar-bones (الترقوتان). (TA, art. ترب.) قِلَّةٌ [Paucity; smallness; littleness; scantiness; want of due amount of anything: as in قِلَّةُ مُبَالَاةٍ

want of due care: or this phrase signifies want of care: also fewness: for] قِلَّةٌ sometimes signifies i. q. عَدَمٌ. (Mgh in art. حفَظ.) b2: قِلَّةٌ may often be well rendered Lack.

قَلِيلٌ Few; small, or little, in number, quantity, or amount; scanty. b2: A small quantity, or quantum, or number, مِن مَالٍ وَغَيْرِهِ of property, or cattle, &c. b3: قَلِيلُ الخَيْرِ: [see art. خير, where an explanation is given equivalent to عَادمُ الخَيْرِ: and in like manner] قَلِيلُ الخَيْرِ is used to signify Not making use of oaths at all. (Mgh in art. حفظ.) It may be well rendered Lacking, or destitute of, good, or wealth; as well as having little thereof: it generally means having little, or no, wealth, or good; or lacking, or destitute of, goodness or good things. b4: قَلِيلٌ: see مَطَّرِدٌ. b5: Possessing little, or possessed in a small degree, of anything.

قَلِيلَةٌ as a subst., Little: see كَثِيرَةٌ.

أَقَلُّ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا Possessing, or possessor, of less than another in respect of wealth and children: see an ex. (from the Kur xviii. 37) in art. ف.

مُسْتَقِلٌّ A writing on a particular, peculiar, or special, subject. b2: رِسَالَةٌ مُسْتَقِلَّةٌ A monograph. See also a verse cited voce غَتْمٌ. b3: مَعْنًى مُسْتَقِلٌّ بِهِ

An independent meaning.

قل: قل. قل عدلا على: شتم، سب. (بوشر).
قلما: قل ألحقت بها ما لإثبات الشيء القليل أو نفيه كما في هذا البيت الذي ورد في المقري (2: 502):
فقلت قم بي ولا تقم لي ... فقلما يؤكل القيام
وقد ترجمه فليشر إلى الفرنسية في الإضافات مذكرا أن العرب تقول القلة بمنزلة العدم بما معناه: قلت له اعطني ما أعيش به ولا تقم لي لتحيتي فإن القيام لا يؤكل إلا نادرا.
قلما يكون: أقل ما يكون، قليلا ما يكون. (بوشر).
قل عن: عجز عن، لم يستطع بلوغ الشيء (المقري 1: 681).
قل. يقله هذا: يكفيه هذا. ففي رحلة ابن جبير (ص39): لأنهم لا يصلون الا بزاد يقلهم وفي عباد (2: 22): إن أجريت عليك رزقا يقلك. وقد ترددت بين أن يكون هذا الفعل قل أو أقل، ويرى كل من صاحب محيط المحيط والسيد رايت (معجم ابن جبير) إنه أقل. أرى الآن إنه قل: ففي ألف ليلة (برسل 3: 137) إن صيادا اغتنم ظلام الليل ليرمي شباكه في موضع حرم فيه الصيد فقال في هذا الوقت مطمئن من قله الفراش. أي في هذا الوقت الذي يكفي فيه الفراش لمن يريد النوم فلا يطلب شيئا آخر.
وبهذا المعنى يقال: قل له هذا. ففي المقري (1: 536):
سقاك يا سفح الدمع منهملا ... وقل ذاك له أن أعوز المطر
وفي معجم فوك: استقل ب بمعنى يكفى.
قل: ذكرها فوك في مادة Callus، وهي مأخوذة من الكلمة الأسبانية Callo ( انظرها فيما يلي).
قلل في: في ألف ليلة (1: 90): قلل حسده في طعامه ولذيذ أي أن الحسد جعله قليل الأكل والنوم.
قلل الأدب: فقد الأدب. (بوشر).
قلل به: احتقره. ففي كتاب الخطيب (ص40 و): وقال يذم الدنيا ويحمد عقبى من يــقلل بها.
قلل (مشتقة من الكلمة الأسبانية callo) : يقال قلل الحذاء الضيق: سبب كنبا وجسأة وثفنا.
(فوك، الكالا) وهو مــقلل: فيه كنب وجسأة.
قلل (مشتقة من الفعل الأسباني Calar سيمونيه ص303): تغلغل، خلل، ولج، دخل. (الكالا).
أقل: أقلل بها: رأى أنها قليل. ففي المقري (1: 464):
ألف من الحمر وأقلل بها ... لعالم أربى على بغيته
ما أقل هذا الغلام بأدب: كيف أن هذا الغلام شيء الأدب! ففي المقري (1: 679): ما أقله بشفقة: كيف إنه قليل الشفقة!.
تــقلل: تــقلل الشيء: رآه قليلا. (فوك).
ويستعمل هذا الفعل للدلالة على الرجل البسيط في الملبس والمطعم. فيقال: تــقلل في الملبس وتــقلل في المطعم. (الفخري ص89) ويستعمل الفعل تــقلل وحده بهذا المعنى. (ابن خلكان 1: 250: 7 255، عبد الواحد ص138، ياقوت 4: 600، ميرسنج ص27).
ويقال أيضا: تــقلل من الدنيا (أماري ص189)، وفي رياض النفوس (ص43 و): كان مروان رجلا. صالحا متــقللــا من الدنيا. وفي (ص53 و): كان رجلا فاضلا مجتهدا ورعا متــقللــا من الدنيا. وفي (ص62 و) وهذا يدل على تــقللــه من الدنيا وزهده فيها.
واقرأ كذلك الكلمة التي في لب اللباب خالية من النقط. ففي لب اللباب (ص143): كانوا يتزهدون ويتــقللــون من الدنيا، وليس يتفللون كما رأى الناشر.
تــقلل: احتقر. كان محتقرا. ففي آخر أيام غرناطة لملر (ص41): وقفلل (وتــقلل) أولئك المرتدون الذين كانوا بها -لم يبق لهم عند صاحب قشتالة جاه ولا حظوة.
تــقلل: (مشتقة من الاسم الأسباني Callo) صار له كنبا وجسأة. (فوك، الكالا).
استقل: حمل. وتستعمل مجازا بمعنى لحق وضم أرضا. (روتجرز ص131) وفيه (ص136): واستقلت البلاد اليمانية في الحوزة الشريفة السلطانية. أي ألحقت البلاد اليمانية بمملكة السلطان.
استقل: حمل الرمح وتسلح به. ففي طرائف كوسج (ص80): فقام وافرغ عليه درعه وتقلد سيفه واستقل رمحه وانتصب على جواده.
استقل به: استطاع حمل الشيء. ففي كليلة ودمنة (ص85): والرجل القوي يستطيع أن يحمل حملا ثقيلا وإن لم يكن قد اعتاد ذلك، والرجل الضعيف لا يستقل به وإن كان ذلك من صناعته. (ويجرز ص53). ومن هذا يقال: استقل به أي كان في استطاعته عمل شيء. (المقري 1: 206، المقدمة 1: 313، 316، 2: 207، 235، 247).
ويقال أيضا: استقل بنفسه في شيء (المقدمة 1: 133).
استقل به: أظهر أن في استطاعته وقدرته عمل شيء. ففي حيان -بسام (1: 88 و): وصرفه في السفارة بينه وبين أمراء الأندلس فيما يجري بينهم من التراسل والمداخلة فاستقل بذلك لفضل ما أوتيه من اللسن والمعارضة.
والمصدر منه استقلال بمعنى استطاعة وقدرة (المقري 1: 192). وفي حيان (ص4 ق): واثبت له في نفسه الاستقلال والكفاية. وفي كتاب الخطيب (ص53 و): فنهض بأعباء ما قوص الله (فوض إليه) وظهر فيه استقلاله وغناؤه. وفي حيان -بسام (1: 201 و): وأراد اليهودي أن يخلع باديس من ملكه ويولي المعتصم لما كان يعلم من كلامه (كلاله) ويتيقن من قلة استهلاله (استقلاله). والمستقل (اسم الفاعل): معناه القادر على الحرب والمستطيع لذلك. ففي حيان (ص 75 ق): فلما سلكت الأثقال ومقصرو الرجال ولم يبق من الناس إلا المستقل المتخفف أطلق الرجال للحرب.
استقل به: اكتفى به. (فوك) وانظره في قل.
استقل به: التزم به، تعهد به، تكلف به. ففي طرائف دي ساسي (2: 52): استقل بسائر أحوال مصر والشام. (عباد 1: 46، 109 رقم 195).
استقل ب، وبالأمر، وبالولاية وغير ذلك: تفرد في الحكم ولم يشركه فيه غيره ولم يكن لغيره عليه سلطان. ففي محيط المحيط: استقل الوالي بالولاية تفرد بها ولم يشركه فيها غيره ..
مستقل: منفرد بتدبير أموره لا سيادة لغيره عليه (بوشر).
ملك مستقل في ملكه: عاهل، ملك لا سيادة عليه في ملكه. وفي النويري (أفريقية ص23 ق): ولي الأمر في حياة أبيه ثم استقل بالأمر بعد وفاته. وفيه (ص26 ق): وكانوا في مبدأ الأمر كالنواب لملوك الدولة العبيدية بمصر ثم استقلوا بعد ذلك بالأمر. وفيه (ص30 و) وحين مات استقل عبد الله بن محمد الكاتب وحده. (عبد الواحد ص142، ص194، المقدمة 2: 115 (= استبد)، ص116، ص269، (تاريخ البربر 1: 527، 529، المقري 1: 277، 2: 800، تاريخ تونس ص85)، وفي المقدمة (2: 253) استقلوا بأمر أنفسهم. وفيها (2: 19): مستقل بالنظر في استخراج الأموال.
ويقال أيضا وهو نادر: استقل على، ففي حياة تيمور (1: 110): إذا بلغك أنى استوليت، وعلى الممالك استقليت (تصحيف استــقللــت).
ويقال عن العالم الشاب حين تنقطع علاقته بأستاذه وشيخه: استقل. (ففي المقري 1: 599): قد برع واستقل وجلس للتدريس.
واستقلت الكلمة: اكتفت بذاتها ولم تحتج إلى مفعول. أي كانت لازمة غير متعدية. (المقري 1: 614).
والقناة تستقل نهرا (شعبة) أي تكون نهرا مستقلا ومنفصلا. (طرائف دي ساسي 2: 24).
مستقل (اسم الفاعل): منفرد، منفصل، ففي رحلة ابن جبير (ص44): بلد مستقل بذاته وفيها (ص 226): وكل محلة من محلات بغداد مدينة مستقلة. (المقري 1: 103، 132، 179، 208، 397، الجريدة الآسيوية 1851: 1: 60). وفي العبدري (ص17 ق): وعند كل باب منها ربض متسع على قدر البلد المستقل. مستقل: كتاب منفلاد. (المقري 1: 105، 358). وفي تاريخ تونس (ص117): إن متعنا الله بعمر طويل أفردنا خبر دولتهم السعيدة بتاريخ مستقل.
علم مستقل: علم قائم بذاته. ففي المقدمة (1: 61): هذا علم مستقل بنفسه.
وكذلك يقال: استقل سور المدينة. ففي كلر، نصوص من ابن الخطيب وغيره (1863، 2: 29) ك استقلت من كافة نواحيها.
استقل برأيه: استبد به. (محيط المحيط).
وعمل بحسب ما يمليه عليه هواه (المقدمة 1: 316).
استقل ب: حاز أو قدم وعرض ما ليس في غيره من نفس الصنف. ففي المقدمة (2: 358): وكان كل بيت من الشعر العربي القديم مستقلا بالإفادة. أي يفيد معنى كاملا. وفي المقري (1: 75)؛ وقد قسمت هذا الكتاب إلى قسمين وكل منهما مستقل بالمطلوب قيصح أن يسميا باسمين. وفيه (1: 77): وفي كل كتاب من القسم الأول ذكرت بعض المقتطفات من كتابات لسان الدين مع أن القسم الثاني قد استقل. ويقال استقل بذلك، ففي طرائف دي ساسي (2: 64): وليكون أول ما يقرع الأسماع مستقلا بنوع من الإعجاز. ويقول أبو حمو (ص154): من استقل بمحمود هذه الخصال.
استقل: قام، نهض على قدميه. ففي حيان (ص46 و): لما استقلوا من نكبتهم.
استقل: نهض من مرضه، شفي، استعاد صحته، (رايسكه في معجم فريتاج، ابن بطوطة 2: 146).
وفي كرتاس (ص230): ووجد أمير المسلمين الراحة واستقل من مرضه وعاد إلى صحته، وفي كتاب صاحب الصلاة (ص32 و): واستقل من كان فيها من الموحدين من علة الحصار. وفي العبدري (ص110 ق) في كلامه عن طبيب: ولم يقصر في العلاج حتى استــقللــت.
استقل كتابا: ألف كتابا خاصا في موضوع ما. (الثعالبي لطائف ص115) استقل الرحيل أزف الرحيل، بدأ الرحيل. ففي ملر (ص35): فكم من قلب لرحيلنا وجب، لما استقل ووجب.
قل: بقايا قليلة. ففي تاريخ البربر (2: 11): والقل منهم بذلك الموطن لهذا العهد. قل وعترة: فقر وتسول. (ميهرن ص33) قلة، وقلة (بالأسبانية Callo سيمونيه ص303): كنب، جسأة، جسو، ثفن، والجمع قلات، وقل. يكون في القدمين واليدين (فوك وفيه Callus وأبدل فيه قلة بقلة لأنه يذكر Coll بمعنى قل. (الكالا). قلة: فقاعة مملوءة هواء تكون على وجه الماء والسوائل في حالة فورانها وغليانها أو في حالة تخمرها وغير ذلك. (الكالا).
قلة: عوز، نقص، (بوشر).
قلة: نقص المال، حاجة، قحط. (الثعالبي لطائف ص56، بوشر).
قلة: عدد قليل، ضد الكثرة. ففي الإدريسي (القسم 1، الفصل 8) في كلامه عن سكان مدينتين:
أهلها في ذاتهم قلة وفي أنفسهم أذلة.
قلة: جرة، أو وعاء. ولا يستعمل لحفظ الاشربة أو الماء (الكالا، لين عادات 1: 22، 224، برتون 1: 227) بل لحفظ أشياء أخرى.
ففي عواده (ص503): قلة أو وعاء للسمن والعسل. وقد أخبرني السيد دي سلان أن هذا الاسم يطلق في الجزائر على وعاء من النحاس يستعمله السقاءون بدل الدلو وهذه صورته.
قلة: مكيال للزيت (كرتاس ص38) وهو يسع 22 ليبرة (الليبرة 500 غرام. هوست ص277، 24 ليبرة، فلوجل مادة 67 ص29، مادة 71 ص3. وهو يسع 16 لترا، رولاند، دوماس قبيل ص255).
قلة: برج، عند ريشاردسون ومنينسكي. (انظرها في مادة غلة).
خزنة القلة: هي حسب ما جاء في صفة مصر (2: 350) اسم برج عال في قصر في القاهرة.
ونجد كلمة أبراج القلال في طرائف ارنولد (ص164). ومعناه حسب ما يقوله الناشر في معجمه أبراج ذات سهام. غير أني أشك في ذلك.
قلة: مرتفع صاعد، فيما يقول رايسكه. غير أن السيد دي جويه أخبرني إنه وجد في بعض المصادر الجمع قلات بهذا المعنى وتنطق قلات (بدل قلات جمع قلت) وهي تدل على هذا المعنى.
قليل. الأيام القلائل: زمن القحط. (أماري ص39 وما يليها).
قليلة: نوع من الطير. (ياقوت 1: 885).
قليلة: قلة صغيرة، جرة صغيرة (المقري 1: 78) وانظر رسالتي إلى السيد فليشر (ص10).
قليلة: مكيال للزيت. (البكري ص113).
قلال: صانع الجرار. (معجم الأسبانية ص80).
قلال: فقير، معدم. (دوماس حياة العرب ص158).
قلال: طبلة، طبل طويل ضيق يضرب عليه بعصا واحدة. (دوماس حياة العرب ص185، ص374).
قليل: في الجزائر، جمعها قلاليل: فقير، معدم (بوسييه، دوماس حياة العرب ص150، 151). وعند همبرت (ص220): كليل (جزائرية).
قليل: فرس وديع هادئ (بوسييه، دوماس حياة العرب ص184).
مقل: صغير؟ ففي رحلة ابن جبير ص249): عبرنا في الزواريق المقلة المعدة للعبور.
اقليل: هو في الفرس الذي ينعل الحافر الذي نفذ فيه المسمار. (ابن العوام 2: 560).
كــقلل: نادر، طرفة، فاخر. (بوشر بربرية)

نقص

1 نَقَصَ, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. ـُ (M, Msb,) inf. n. نُقْصَانٌ (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K) and نَقْصٌ, (S, M, A, Msb, K,) or the former of these two only, the latter being the inf. n. of the trans. verb, (MS,) and نَقِيصَةٌ (M) and تَنْقَاصٌ, (K,) [which last is an intensive form,] said of a thing, (S, M,) intrans., (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) It lost somewhat, decreased, diminished, lessened, wasted, waned, or became defective or deficient or incomplete or imperfect, after having been whole or complete or perfect: (IKtt, Msb, TA:) or he, or it, lost, or suffered loss or diminution, (A, K,) with respect to lot or portion: (K:) and ↓ انتقص signifies the same; (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) and so does ↓ تنقّص; (TK, [probably from the TA,] art. أَفن;) and so does ↓ تناقص: (TA:) [or this last signifies it lost somewhat, decreased, &c., gradually; contr. of تزايد.] It is said in a trad., (Mgh,) شَهْرَا عِيدٍ لَا يَنْقُصَانِ, (Mgh, K,) i. e. Ramadán and Dhu-l-Hijjeh, (Mgh,) meaning, Two months of festival are not defective virtually (فِى الحُكْمِ) though they be defective in number [of days]; (K;) i. e. let no doubt occur in your hearts when ye fast nine and twenty days [instead of thirty]; nor if there happen a mistake respecting the day of the pilgrimage, will there be any deficiency in your performance of the rites thereof: (TA:) or, as some say, two months of festival will not be defective in one and the same year; but Et-Taháwee disapproves of this explanation: some say that the meaning is, that though they be defective, or one of them be so, yet their recompense will be complete. (Mgh.) It is also said in a trad., إِنَّ العَمَلَ فِى عَشْرِ ذِى الحِجَّةِ لَا يَنْقُصُ ثَوَابُهُ عَمَّا فِى شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ [Verily the deed that is done on the tenth of Dhu-l-Hijjeh, the recompense thereof will not fall short of that which is in the month of Ramadán: for نَقَصَ عَنْ كَذَا means It fell short of such a thing.] (Mgh.) [On the expression فِى النُّقْصَانِ, as used in grammar, see غَفِيرٌ.]

A2: نَقَصَهُ, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. ـُ (Msb,) inf. n. نَقْصٌ, (MS,) [and accord. to the TK تَنْقَاصٌ and نُقْصَانٌ also, which last, however, is said in the MS to be an inf. n. of the intrans. verb only,] He made it to lose somewhat, decreased it, diminished it, curtailed it, lessened it, wasted it, impaired it, took from it, or made it defective or deficient or incomplete or imperfect, after it had been whole or complete or perfect; (Msb;) he made it (i. e. a share, or portion) defective or deficient: (K:) [the pronoun often relates to a man: see an ex. in art. ضوز, and another in art. وكس:] this is the [most] chaste form of the verb, and is that which occurs in the Kur.: (Msb:) ↓ انقصهُ also signifies the same; (M, Msb, K;) and so does ↓ نقّصهُ, (Msb, K,) inf. n. تَنْقِيصٌ: (TA:) but these two are of weak authority, and do not occur in chaste language: (Msb:) and ↓ انتقصهُ signifies the same: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) or this last signifies he took from it by little and little; as also ↓ تنقّصهُ. (M, * TA [in the latter of which this is plainly said of both of the last two verbs; but in the M, it seems rather to be said of تنقّصه only.]) [See an ex. of the verb followed by من voce طَرَفٌ. You say also, نَقَصَ مِنْهُ كَذَا He cut off from it such a thing.]

b2: نَقَصَ is doubly trans.: (Msb:) you say نَقَصَهُ حَقَّهُ, (A, Mgh, Msb, TA,) inf. n. نَقْصٌ; (A, Mgh;) and in like manner, حَقَّهُ ↓ انتقصهُ; (M, A, * Mgh, * TA; *) He diminished, or impaired, to him his right, or due; endamaged him; or made him to suffer loss, or damage, or detriment, in respect of it; curtailed him, abridged him, deprived him, or defrauded him, of a portion of it; (Msb, * TA;) contr. of أَوْفَاهُ: (TA:) [and he abridged him, deprived him, or defrauded him, of it altogether; for نَقَصَهُ أَهْلَهُ وَمَالَهُ signifies sometimes He deprived him of his family and his property altogether: as appears from the following ex.:] نُقِصَ أَهْلَهُ وَمَالَهُ وَبَقِىَ فَرْدًا [He was deprived of his family and his property, and remained alone]. (T, art. وتر.) الحَقِّ ↓ اِنْتِقَاصُ also signifies The denying, or disacknowledging, the right, or due. (TA.) b3: See also 5.2 نَقَّصَ see نَقَصَهُ.4 أَنْقَصَ see نَقَصَهُ.5 تنقّص: see نَقَصَ.

A2: تنقّصهُ: see نَقَصَهُ. b2: He attributed to him defect, or imperfection; i. e. to a man; (M;) as also ↓ انتقصهُ, and ↓ استنقصهُ: (M, TA:) he attributed or imputed to him, charged him with, or accused him of, a vice, fault, or the like; detracted from his reputation; censured him; reproached him; spoke against him; impugned his character; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ انتقصهُ: (A:) [and نَقَصَهُ signifies the same; for] IKtt says, that ↓ نقص [app. نُقِصَ], inf. n. نَقِيصَةٌ, signifies طعن عليه [app. طُعِنَ عَلَيْهِ]. (TA.) 6 تَنَاْقَصَ see نَقَصَ, where two meanings are assigned to it.8 انتقص: see نَقَصَ.

A2: انتقصهُ: see نَقَصَهُ, in four places. b2: See also 5, in two places.10 استنقص الثَّمَنَ He (the buyer, S) asked, demanded, or desired, a diminution, a lessening, a lowering, or an abatement, of the price. (S, A, K.) b2: See also 5.

نَقْصٌ: see 1. b2: [Used as a subst., Loss, or loss of somewhat, decrease, a state of diminution or lessening or washing or waning, defect, defectiveness, deficiency, incompleteness, or imperfection, after wholeness or completeness, or perfectness; as also ↓ نُقْصَانٌ; and ↓ مَنْقَصَةٌ signifies the same as نَقْص] as here rendered, agreeably with the explanation (i. e. of منقصة) in the PS., which is كَمِىْ: or, accord. to the A, مَنْقَصَةٌ seems to be syn. with نَقِيصَةٌ in the sense assigned to this last in the S, or in certain senses assigned to it in the K, which see below; and thus to be more restricted in application than نَقْصٌ]. (S, TA.) b3: Weakness of intellect: (M, TA:) and weakness with respect to religion and intellect. (TA.) You say, دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ نَقْصٌ فِى دِينِهِ وَعَقْلِهِ [There came upon him a weakness in his religion and his intellect]: but one should not say ↓ نُقْصَانٌ [in this case]: (K:) app. because النَّقْص is “ weakness; ” whereas النُّقْصَانُ is only “ a going away [of part of a thing] after [its having been in] a state of completeness. ” (TA.) نُقْصَانٌ: see 1: b2: see also نَقْصٌ, in two places. b3: It also signifies The quantity that is gone, or lost, of a thing that is decreased or diminished or lessened. (Lth, A, K.) You say, نُقْصَانُهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا The quantity that is gone, or lost, of it is such and such. (TK.) نَقِيصَةٌ: see 1. b2: A defect, an imperfection, a fault, a vice, or the like; syn. عَيْبٌ: (S, TA:) or a low, or base, quality, property, natural disposition, practice, habit, or action; (K, TA;) of a man: (TA:) or a weak quality, &c.: (IDrd, K, TA:) but the attribution of weakness to a quality, &c., requires consideration: and it seems that what is meant by lowness, or baseness, is what leads to نَقْص: (TA:) [↓ مَنْقَصَةٌ, also, accord. to the A, seems to be syn. with نَقِيصَةٌ in one or another of the senses explained above; but its primary signification is probably a cause of نَقْص, like as that of مَبْخَلَةٌ is a cause of بُخْل, and that of مَجْبَنَةٌ a cause of جُبْن: the pl. of نَقِيصَةٌ is نَقَائِصُ: and that of مَنْقَصَةٌ is مَنَاقِصُ.] You say, مَا فِيهِ نَقِيصَةٌ and ↓ مَنْقَصَةٌ [There is not in him any defect, imperfection, fault, or vice, &c.]: and فُلَانٌ ذُو نَقَائِصَ and مَنَاقِصَ [Such a one has defects, &c.]. (A, TA.) A2: As a subst. from تَنَقَّصَهُ and اِنْتَقَصَهُ and اِسْتَنْقَصَهُ, [or, accord. to IKtt, as an inf. n. from نُقِص, and therefore from نَقَصَهُ also, (see 5,)] it signifies The attributing to a man defect, or imperfection: (M:) the attributing or imputing to men, charging them with, or accusing them of, vices, faults, or the like; censuring them; reproaching them; speaking against them; impugning their characters. (K.) A poet says, فَلَوْ غَيْرُ أَخْوَالِى أَرَادُوا نَقِيصَتِى

جَعَلْتُ لَهُمْ فَوْقَ العَرَانِينِ مِيسَمَا [But if others than my maternal uncles had desired to attribute to me defect, &c., I had set a brand upon them above the noses]. (M, TA.) نَاقِصٌ act. part. n. of 1. b2: دِرْهَمٌ نَاقِضٌ signifies A dirhem deficient in weight; (Msb;) light and deficient: and نُقَّصٌ occurs as pl. of ناقص thus applied, agreeably with analogy. (Mgh.) b3: [Hence, فِعْلٌ نَاقِصٌ meaning An incomplete, i. e. a non-attributive, verb: opposed to فِعْلٌ تَامٌّ.]

مَنْقَصَةٌ: pl. مَنَاقِصُ: see نَقِيصَةٌ, in four places: b2: and see also نَقْصٌ.

مَنْقُوصٌ pass. part. n. of نَقَصَهُ. (A, K.)

نزر

1 نَزُرَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. نَزَارَةٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and نُزُورٌ (Msb, K) and نُزُورَةٌ, (K,) or نُزْرَةٌ, as in the M and L, and perhaps one of these last two forms is a mistake for the other, (TA,) It was, or became, little, or small, in quantity or number; (S, A, Msb, K;) paltry, mean, contemptible, or inconsiderable. (S, TA.) See also 5. b2: Also, inf. n. نَزَارَةٌ, He (a man) was, or became, possessed of little good, or little wealth. (Az.) b3: نَزَرَتْ, inf. n. نَزْرٌ, She (a camel) had little milk. (TA.) A2: نَزَرَهُ, aor. ـُ (TA,) inf. n. نَزْرٌ, (K,) He despised, and deemed little, him, or it. (K. * TA.) See also 2. b2: He smote him with the [evil] eye. (Fr, in TA, art. شزر.) A3: نَزَرَهُ, (As, A,) aor. ـُ (As,) inf. n. نَزْرٌ, (As, K,) He drew forth, or got out, what he had, by little and little: (As:) he importuned him, or pressed him, in asking (A, K) a matter of science or a gift. (A.) You say also, فُلَانٌ لَا يُعْطِى حَتَّى يُنْزَرَ, (A, K,) or ↓ يُنَزَّرَ, (so in two copies of the S,) Such a one will not give until he is importuned, or pressed, (A, K,) and despised. (S, K, TA.) 2 نزّرهُ, inf. n. تَنْزِيرٌ; (K;) or ↓ نَزَرَهُ, aor. ـُ inf. n. نَزْرٌ; (Msb;) He made it little, or small, in quantity; (Msb, K;) namely, a gift; as also ↓ أَنْزَرَهُ. (K.) b2: Also نزّرهُ He gave him a little, small, paltry, mean, contemptible, or inconsiderable, gift. (TA.) [It seems to be implied in the TA, that ↓ أَنْزَرَهُ also has this signification.]

A2: See also 1, last signification.4 انزرهُ: see 2, in two places. b2: Also, He (God) caused him to be possessed of little good, or little wealth. (Az.) 5 تنزّر i. q. تَــقَلَّلَ, (K,) i. e., It became diminished, or rendered little or small in quantity. (TK.) See also نَزُرَ. b2: He asserted himself to be related to the tribe of Nizár: (K:) or he made himself like that tribe: or he introduced himself among them, (S, K,) not being one of them. (TA.) نَزْرٌ, applied to anything, (TA,) little, or small, in quantity or number; (S, A, Msb;) paltry, mean, contemptible, or inconsiderable: (S, TA:) as also ↓ نَزِيرٌ (Msb, K) and ↓ نَزُورٌ (Msb) and ↓ مَنْزُورٌ: (K:) or the last signifies little, or small, in quantity, applied to a gift, (S, TA,) and to food; (TA;) or a gift made little, or small, in quantity: (Msb:) and نَزْرٌ and ↓ مَنْزُورٌ a gift obtained by importunity or pressing: and ↓ غَيْرُ مَنْزُورٌ a gift given without its being asked for; without importunity or pressing. (TA.) It is also applied to speech: thus the speech of Mohammad is described as فَصْلٌ لَا نَزْرٌ وَلَا هَذْرٌ [Distinct;] not little, or scanty, so as to indicate impotence, nor much and corrupt: (K:) or not little nor much. (TA, art. هذر.) b2: A man possessing little, or no, good, or goodness; little, or no, wealth; and so فَزْرٌ; as also ↓ مَنْزُورٌ. (Az.) A2: مَا جِئْتَ إِلَّا نَزْرًا Thou hast not come otherwise than slowly, tardily, or late. (K.) نَزِرَةٌ: see نَزُورٌ.

نِزَارٌ The quality, in a she-camel, of scarcely ever conceiving except against her will. (TA.) نَزُورٌ Any thing little, or small, in quantity or number. (K.) See also نَزْرٌ. b2: A woman having few children; (S, K;) and in like manner applied to a bird; (S, TA;) as also ↓ نَزِرَةٌ, with kesr to the ز, applied to a woman: (K:) pl. of the former, نُزُرٌ: (TA:) or the former epithet signifies having little milk; (K;) applied in this sense to a she-camel. (TA.) A she-camel having wide orifices to her teats. (L, voce فتوح.) b3: Of little speech; that speaks not until importuned, or pressed. (En-Nadr.) b4: A she-camel whose young one has died, and that affects the young one of another, (K, TA,) but whose milk comes not save scantily. (TA.) b5: A she-camel (TA) that scarcely ever conceives except against her will: (K:) a mare slow to conceive. (L.) نَزِيزٌ: see نَزْرٌ; the latter, in five places.

مَنْزُورٌ: see نَزْرٌ; the latter, in five places.

سكن

1 سَكَنَ, (S, Mgh, L, Msb, K,) aor. ـُ (L,) inf. n. سُكُونٌ, (S, Mgh, L, Msb, K,) said of a thing, (S, L,) of a thing that moves, (Mgh, Msb,) It was, or became, still, motionless, stationary, in a state of rest, quiet, calm, or unruffled, (هَدَأَ, Abu-l-'Abbás, L, or قَرَّ, K,) after motion; (Abu-l-'Abbás, L;) its motion [ceased, or] went away; (L, Msb;) and in like manner said of a man, and of a beast: (Abu-l-'Abbás, L:) and said of anything such as wind and heat and cold and the like; of rain; [and of pain;] and of anger; [&c.;] it was, or became, still, calm, tranquillized, appeased, allayed, assuaged, or quelled; [it died away, passed away, or ceased to be: and it remitted, or subsided; became alleviated, light, slight, or gentle:] and said of a man [or beast or the like, and of a voice or sound], he [or it] was, or became, still, or silent. (L.) [Hence,] one says, سَكَنَ الدَّمْعُ, and الدَّمُ, meaning رَقَأَ [The tears, and the blood, stopped, or ceased to flow]. (S and Mgh in art. رقاٌ.) [And one says of heat, and cold, and pain, &c., سَكَنَ عَنْهُ It passed away from him; quitted him. And سَكَنَتِ النَّارُ The fire became extinguished; or became allayed or assuaged; subsided; or ceased to flame or blaze or burn fiercely,] b2: [Hence also, It (a letter) was or became, quiescent; i. e., without a vowel immediately following it; contr. of تَحَرَّكَ.] b3: And سَكَنَ إِلَيْهِ, (Msb, [where the aor. is said to be سَكِنَ, but this is either a mistake or rare, for the aor. accord. to common usage is سَكُنَ, as in the Kur vii.] 189 and xxx. 20,]) inf. n. سُكُونٌ (Mgh, Msb) and سَكَنٌ, (Msb,) He trusted to it, or relied upon it, so as to be, or become, easy, or quiet, in mind; i. q. رَكَنَ إِلَيْهِ; (S and K &c. in art. ركن;) and اِطْمَأَنَّ إِلَيْهِ; (TA in art. طمن;) [and اِعْتَمَدَ عَلَيْهِ; and وَثِقَ بِهِ; &c.; and he inclined to it; syn. مَالَ إِلَيْهِ; and became familiar with it; syn. اِسُتَأْنَسَ بِهِ, and أَلِفَ; agreeably with explanations here following;] namely, a thing: (Msb:) and سَكَنَ إِلَيْهَا, aor. ـُ he trusted to her, or relied upon her, so as to be, or become, easy, or quiet, in mind; &c., as above; syn. اِطْمَأَنَّ إِلَيْهَا; (Ksh and Bd in vii. 189, and Ksh in xxx. 20;) and مَالَ إِلَيْهَا; (Ksh in vii. 189, and the same and Bd in xxx. 20;) and اِسْتَأْنَسَ بِهَا, and أَلِفَ; (Bd in the same two places;) namely, his wife. (Ksh and Bd.) b4: And سَكَنَ الَّدارَ, (S, MA, Mgh, L, Msb, K,) and فِى الدَّارِ, (Mgh, Msb,) and بِالمَكَانِ, (L,) aor. ـُ (L, Msb, JM,) inf. n. سُكْنَى (MA, Mgh, L, JM) and سُكُونٌ (MA, L) and سُكْنٌ, (MA,) or ↓ سُكْنَى is a simple subst., and the inf. n. is سكن, (Msb, [accord. to which the latter is app. سَكَنٌ, for it is there said that the verb in this case is like طَلَبَ, the unaugmented inf. n. of which is طَلَبٌ, but this inf. n. سَكَنُ I have not found elsewhere, and what is generally used as the inf. n. or quasi-inf. n. of the verb in this case is ↓ سُكْنَى,]) or ↓ سُكْنَى is a subst. in the sense of إِسْكَانٌ, as expl. below, (Mgh,) [or rather it is also a subst. in this sense,] He inhabited, or dwelt or abode in, the house [and the place]. (MA, Mgh.) وَلَهُ مَا سَكَنَ فِى اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ, in the Kur [vi. 13], is from السُّكْنَى (Ksh, Bd) or from السُّكُونُ: (Bd:) if from the former, (Ksh, Bd,) it signifies To Him belongeth what taketh up its abode in the night and the day; (IAar, Ksh, * Bd, * L, Jel;) meaning, what the night and the day include within their limits: (Ksh, * Bd:) or, if from السُّكُونُ, (Bd,) what is still, or motionless, (Abu-l-'Abbás, Bd, L,) and what moves; one of the two contraries being mentioned as sufficient [to show what is intended] without the other; (Bd;) app. meaning the creation, collectively, or all created beings. (Abu-l-'Abbás, L.) b5: And سَكَنَ, (L, K,) aor. ـُ (K,) He became such as is termed مِسْكِين [q. v.]; (L, K;) as also سَكُنَ, (K,) and ↓ اسكن, and ↓ تسكّن, and ↓ تَمَسْكَنَ: (L, K:) and [thus it means particularly] he was, or became, lowly, humble, or submissive; and low, abject, abased, and weak; as also ↓ اسكن, (L,) and ↓ تسكّن, and ↓ تَمَسْكَنَ; (S, * L;) the former of these being the regular form, (S, L,) and the more common and more chaste; (L;) the latter of them anomalous, [from المِسْكِينُ,] like تَمَنْدَلَ from المِنْدِيلُ, and تَمَدْرَعَ from المِدْرَعَةُ; (S, L;) and ↓ استكن, (L, Msb,) and ↓ اِسْتَكَانَ, of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ (L, Msb, K) from المَسْكَنَةُ (L, K) or from السُّكُونُ, (Msb,) with ا added, (L, Msb,) the vowel of the medial radical letter being thus rendered full in sound, (L, Msb, K,) or it is of the measure اِسْتَفْعَلَ from الكِينَةُ, signifying “ evil state or condition,” (Msb,) or from الكَيْنُ signifying “ the [piece of] flesh in the interior of the vulva,” because he who is lowly and abject is the most obscure of mankind. (L. [See also arts.

كون and كين.]) 2 سكّنهُ, (S, L, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَسْكِينٌ, (S, L, K,) He, or it, caused it to be, or become, still, motionless, stationary, in a state of rest, quiet, calm, or unruffled; (S, * L, Msb, K;) namely, a thing: (S, L, Msb:) [and caused it, namely, anything such as wind, and heat, and cold, and the like, as rain, and pain, and anger, to be, or become, still, or calm; stilled, calmed, tranquillized, appeased, allayed, assuaged, or quelled, it; caused it to die away, pass away, or cease to be: and caused it to remit, or subside; to become alleviated, light, slight, or gentle: and caused him, and it, namely, a man or beast or the like, and a voice or sound, to become still, or silent: (see 1, first sentence:)] and ↓ اسكنهُ signifies the same. (L.) [Hence,] one says of God, سكّن دَمْعَهُ, meaning أَرْقَأَهُ [He caused his tears to stop, or cease flowing]. (S and TA in art. رقأ.) b2: [and hence, He made it (a letter) quiescent; i. e., made it to be without a vowel immediately following it; contr. of حَرَّكَهُ.]

A2: تَسْكِينٌ also signifies The straightening a cane, or spear, (صَعْدَة,) with fire [which is termed السَّكَن]. (IAar, L, K.) A3: and The constantly riding a light and swift ass which is termed سُكَيْن. (IAar, L, K.) 3 ساكنهُ, inf. n. مُسَاكَنَةٌ, i. q. جَاوَرَهُ [meaning He lived in his neighbourhood, or near to him]. (TA in art. جور.) 4 اسكن: see 1, near the end, in two places.

A2: اسكنهُ: see 2, first sentence. b2: [Hence,] said of poverty, It made him to be little, or seldom, in motion. (Aboo-Is-hák, L, K.) b3: And, said of God, He made him to be such as is termed مِسْكِين [q. v.]. (L, K.) b4: And اسكنهُ الدَّارَ, (S, L, Msb, K,) or المَنْزِلَ, (MA,) He made him [or gave him] to inhabit the house, or abode; (S, * MA, L, * Msb, * K; *) he lodged him therein. (MA.) 5 تسكّن, said of a man, is from السَّكِينَةُ [i. e. He had, or possessed, or affected, the quality thus termed; meaning he was, or became, or affected to be, calm, tranquil, grave, staid, steady, or sedate; &c.]. (L.) See also Q. Q. 2, below: and see 1, above, near the end, in two places.8 استكن, and its var. or syn. اِسْتَكَانَ: see 1, near the end. Q. Q. 2 تَمَسْكَنَ He affected to be like, or he imitated, such as are termed مَسَاكِين [pl. of مِسْكِينٌ, q. v.]. (IAth, L.) b2: See also 1, near the end, in two places. You say, تَمَسْكَنَ لِرَبِهِ He humbled, or abased, himself to his Lord; or addressed himself with earnest, or energetic, supplication to Him: and ↓ تسكّن is like تَمَسْكَنَ. (Lh, L.) سَكْنٌ, a quasi-pl. n. of ↓ سَاكِنٌ, like as شَرْبٌ is of شَارِبٌ, called by Akh a pl., (L,) The inhabitants, people, or family, of a house or tent; (S, L, K;) a household. (L.) b2: And The collective body of the people of a tribe: one says, تَحَمَّلَ السَّكْنُ فَذَهَبُوا [The collective body of the people of the tribe bound the loads, or burdens, upon their beasts, and went away]. (Lh, L.) b3: See also سَكَنٌ. b4: And see the paragraph here next following.

سُكْنٌ: see سُكْنَى. b2: And see also مَسْكَنٌ, in three places. b3: Also, (L, JM, [thus written in both, and expressly said in the latter to be “ with damm,”]) or ↓ سَكَنٌ, (thus in copies of the K,) or ↓ سَكْنٌ, (thus in the CK,) [but the first is app. the right,] Food, aliment, or victuals, syn. قُوتٌ; (L, K, JM;) like نُزْلٌ meaning “ food (طَعَام, L, JM) of a party alighting to partake of it,” and said to be called سُكْنٌ because by means of it a place is inhabited, like as the نُزْل of an army means the “ appointed rations of an army alighting at a place. ” (L.) سَكَنٌ A thing, (S, L, Msb, K,) of any kind, (S, L,) to which one trusts, or upon which one relies, so as to be, or become, easy, or quiet, in mind; (S, L, Msb, K;) and in like manner, a person, or persons, to whom one trusts, &c.: applied in this sense to a family, or wife, (L, Msb,) as well as to property, (Msb,) &c.: (L, Msb:) and hence [particularly] signifying a wife. (L.) One says, [app. using it in this sense, as seems to be indicated by the context in the S,] فُلَانٌ أْبْنُ السَّكَنِ [Such a one is the son of the سَكَن]; and As used to say ↓ السَّكْنِ: (S, L:) accord. to Ibn-Habeeb, one says سَكَن and سَكْن. (L.) And it is said in the Kur [vi. 96], جَعَلَ

أْللَّيْلَ سَكَنًا He hath made, or appointed, the night to be a resource for ease, or quiet. (L.) And in the same [ix. 104], إِنَّ صَلَوَاتِكَ سَكَنٌ لَهُمْ, i. e. [Verily thy prayers for forgiveness are] a cause of ease, or quiet, to them. (Zj, L.) [And ↓ سُكْنَةٌ seems to have a similar meaning: for] ISh says, تَغْطِيَةُ الوَجْهِ عِنْدَ النَّوْمِ سُكْنَةٌ, app. [The covering of the face on the occasion of sleep is a cause of ease, or quiet,] in the case of loneliness, or of fear arising therefrom. (L.) And it is said in a trad., اَللّٰهُمَّ أَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنَا فِى أَرْضِنا سَكَنَهَا, meaning O God, send down upon us, in our land, the succour, or relief, of its inhabitants, [app. alluding to rain,] to which they may trust so as to be easy, or quiet, in mind. (L.) b2: Also i. q. مَسْكِنٌ. (Lh, L, and Ham p. 400.) See the latter word, in three places. b3: And Fire; [app. first applied thereto as being a cause of ease, or comfort;] (S, L, K;) as in the saying [of a rájiz], وَسَكَنٍ تُوقَدُ فِىمِظَلَّهْ [And a fire kindled in a large tent of hair-cloth, or in a booth, or shed], (S, L,) describing himself as driven to have recourse thereto by the night, and by a moist wind, or a wind cold with moisture; and [afterwards used without any allusion to its being a cause of ease, or comfort,] as in the saying of another, describing a cane, أَقَامَهَا بِسَكَنٍ وَأَدْهَانْ meaning He straightened it with fire and oils. (L.) b4: And Mercy, pity, or compassion. (K, [See also سَكِينَةٌ.]) b5: And i. q. بَرَكَةٌ [A blessing; prosperity, or good fortune; increase; &c.]. (K.) A2: See also سُكْنٌ:

A3: and سُكْنَى:

A4: and see سَآكِنٌ.

سَكْنَةٌ A quiescence of a letter; its having no vowel immediately following; opposed to حَرَكَةٌ: pl. سَكَنَاتٌ.] b2: تَرَكْتُهُمْ عَلَى سَكَنَاتِهِمْ: see سَكِنَةٌ.

سُكْنَةٌ: see سَكَنٌ.

سَكِنَةٌ A place; [properly] a place of habitation or abode: pl. سَكِنَاتٌ. (L.) It is said in a trad., اِسْتَقِرُّوا عَلَى سَكِنَاتِكُمْ فَقَدِ انْقَطَعَتِ الهِجْرَةُ, (S, L, K, *) i. e. Rest ye, or remain ye, at your places, (S, L,) or in your places of habitation or abode, (S, L, K,) for emigration has [ended, having] become no longer needful. (L.) And one says, النَّاسُ عَلَى سَكِنَاتِهِمْ, [virtually] meaning, accord. to Fr, The people are in their right state: (S, L:) and in like manner is expl. the saying, تَرَكْتُهُمْ عَلَى سَكِنَاتِهِمْ and ↓ سَكَنَاتِهِمْ and نَزَلَاتِهِمْ; but the approved explanation is, [I left them] at their places of habitation, which is that of Th; or, as in the M, their places of alighting, or abode. (L.) b2: Also The part, of the neck, which is the resting-place of the head. (S, L, K.) So in the saying, (S, L,) attributed to several poets, (L,) بِضَرْبِ يُزِيلُ الهَامَ عَنْ سَكِنَاتِهِ [With a smiting that removes the heads from their resting-places on the necks]. (S, L.) سُكْنَى is an inf. n. of سَكَنَ in the phrase سَكَنَ الدَّارَ: (MA, Mgh, L, JM:) or a simple subst. therefrom: (Msb:) or a subst. in the sense of إِسْكَانٌ, like رُقْبَى in the sense of إِرْقَابٌ: (Mgh:) see 1, in three places: or it is a subst. (S, L, K) also (L) from أَسْكَنَهُ الدَّارَ, (S, L, K,) like as عُتْبَى is from إِعْتَابٌ, (S, L,) and so is ↓ سَكَنٌ, (Lh, L, K,) [which is app. mentioned in the Msb as an inf. n. of the former verb,] signifying, as also ↓ سُكْنٌ, [so in one place, as on the authority of Lth, in the L, and said in the MA to be, like سُكْنَى, an inf. n. of the verb first mentioned above,] The making [or giving] a man a place, or an abode, to inhabit, without rent; (L, and Ham p. 400 in explanation of the first of these words;) the term سُكْنَى being similar to عُمْرَى. (L.) b2: See also مَسْكَنٌ, in five places.

سُكَيْنٌ An ass light, or active, and quick, or swift: and سُكَيْنَةٌ is applied to a she-ass (L, K) in the same sense. (L.) b2: Hence the latter is used as a name for (assumed tropical:) A girl, or young woman, or a female slave, that is of a light, or an active, spirit. (L.) b3: The former also signifies A wild ass. (L.) b4: And السُّكَيْنَةُ is the name of The gnat that entered into the nose of Numrood [or Nimrod]. (L, K.) سَكِينَةٌ (S, L, Msb, K) and ↓ سِكِّينَةٌ (Ks, L, K) and ↓ سَكِّينَةٌ, (L, Msb,) mentioned in the “ Nawádir,” (Msb,) on the authority of Az, (L,) but of a measure of which there is no [other] known instance, (L, Msb,) Calmness, or tranquillity; (S, L, Msb, K;) gravity, staidness, steadiness, or sedateness; (S, L, Msb;) and a quality inspiring reverence or veneration: (Msb:) and, as some say, mercy, pity, or compassion: [see also سَكَنٌ:] and aid or assistance; or victory or conquest: and a thing whereby a man is calmed, or tranquillized: (L:) pl. of the first word سَكَائِنُ. (Har p. 62.) One says of a man who is calm or tranquil, or grave &c., عَلَيْهِ السَّكِينَةُ [Upon him is resting, or abiding, calmness &c.]. (L.) And it is said in a trad., respecting the Prophet, on the occasion of the coming down of revelation, فَغَشِيَتْهُ السَّكِينَةُ, meaning And calmness, or tranquillity, and غَيْبَة [i. e., as here used, absence of mind from self and others by its being exclusively occupied by the contemplation of divine things], came upon him. (L.) And in the Kur [ii. 249], it is said, [with reference to the coming of the ark of the covenant,] فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ, meaning [In which shall be] a cause of your becoming tranquil, [or easy in your minds,] when it cometh to you [from your Lord]: (Zj, L, K:) or, as some say, there was in it a head like that of the cat; when it uttered a cry, victory betided the Children of Israel: (L:) or a thing having a head like that of the cat [and a tail like that of the cat (Bd)], of chrysolite and sapphire, and a pair of wings: (L, K:) or an image like the cat, that was with them among their forces, on the appearance of which their enemies were routed: or an animal having a face like that of a human being, compact [in substance], the rest thereof being unsubstantial like the wind and the air: or the images of the Prophets, from Adam to Mohammad: (Bd:) or the signs, or miracles, with the performance of which Moses was endowed, and to which they trusted so as to be easy, or quiet, in their minds: (L:) or by the تَابُوت to which these words refer is meant the heart, [or rather the chest, i. e. bosom,] and the سكينة is the knowledge, and purity, or sincerity, in the heart [or bosom]. (Bd.) In a trad. of' Alee, respecting the building. of the Kaabeh, it is said, فَأَرْسَلَ اللّٰه إِلَيْهِ السَّكِينَةَ, meaning [And God sent to him] the wind swift in its passage. (L.) سُكَيْنَةٌ fem. of سُكَيْنٌ [q. v.]. (L, K. *) الطُّرَّةُ السُّكَيْنِيَّةُ [The hair over the forehead (of a girl or woman) that is cut with a straight, or even, edge, or with two such edges one above the other, so as to form a kind of border, after the fashion of Sukeyneh,] is so called in relation to Sukeyneh the daughter of El-Hoseyn. (S, L, K.) سَكَّانٌ A maker of سَكَاكِين [or knives], (ISd, L, K, *) pl. of سِكِينٌ; (ISd, L;) as also ↓ سَكَاكِينِىٌّ, (ISd, L, K,) which latter is held by ISd to be post-classical, being formed from the pl., whereas by rule it should be formed from the sing. (L.) سُكَّانٌ The ذَنَب, (Lth, S, MA, Mgh, L,) [i. e.] the rudder, (MA, KL, PS,) of a ship or boat, (Lth, S, MA, Mgh, L,) by means of which it is rightly directed, (Lth, Mgh, * L,) and made still, or steady; (Mgh, L;) its خَدْف; (AA, L;) i. q. خَيْزُرَانٌ and كَوْثَلٌ [meaning the same, or its tiller]: (A 'Obeyd, L:) it is an Arabic word. (L.) Hence the saying of Tarafeh, (L,) likening to it the elevated neck of a she-camel, as being long, and quick in motion, (EM p. 73,) [and thus app. applying it to the upper and narrow part of a rudder,] كَسُكَّانِ بُوصِىٍ بِدِجْلَةَ مُصْعِدِ (L, EM,) i. e. Like the سُكَّان of a vessel of the sort called بُوصِىّ [ascending the Tigris]. (EM.) A2: Also pl. of سَاكِنٌ [q. v.]. (L, Msb.) سِكِّينٌ a word of well-known meaning; (S, Msb, K;) i. e. A knife; (MA, PS;) i. q. مُدْيَةٌ; (L;) as also ↓ سِكِّينَةٌ, (ISd, L, K,) a dial. var., (ISd, L,) occurring in a trad., but the former is that which is commonly known: (L:) so called because it stills the animals slaughtered with it: (Az, L, Msb:) of the measure فِعِّيلٌ: (IDrd, L, Msb:) or, accord. to some, its ن is augmentative, so that it is of the measure فِعْلِينٌ: (Msb:) it is masc., and sometimes fem.: (Zj, IAmb, * L, Msb, K: *) not heard as fem. by IAar: (L:) held to be only masc. by Az and As and some others: (Msb:) but sometimes it occurs in poetry as fem. on the ground of meaning [as being syn. with مُدْيَةٌ or شَفْرَهٌ], (Msb,) and as such it occurs in a trad.: (L:) the pl. is سَكَاكِينُ. (ISd, MA, L.) [See an ex. in a prov. cited voce سَلًى.]

سَكِّينَةٌ: see سَكِينَةٌ.

سِكِّينَةٌ: see سَكِينَةٌ: b2: and see also سِكِّينٌ.

سَكَاكِينِىٌّ: see سَكَّانٌ.

سَاكِنٌ Still, motionless, stationary, in a state of rest, quiet, calm, or unruffled: [applied to a letter, quiescent; i. e. without a vowel immediately following it:] still, calm, tranquil, becoming appeased or allayed or assuaged or quelled; [dying away, passing away, or ceasing to be: remitting, or subsiding; becoming alleviated, light, slight, or gentle:] still, or silent. (L. [See its verb, سَكَنَ, first sentence.]) b2: Inhabiting, dwel-ling, or abiding; an inhabitant, or a lodger: (L, Msb:) and ↓ سَكَنٌ signifies the same as سَاكِنٌ [app. thus used]: (L:) the pl. of سَاكِنٌ is سُكَّانٌ. (L, Msb.) You say, هُمْ سُكَّانُ فُلَانٍ [They are the lodgers of such a one]. (S, L.) And سُكَّانُ الدَّارِ signifies The Jinn, or Genii, inhabiting the house. (L. [Respecting the custom of sacrificing an animal to the Jinn on the occasion of buying a house, in order to prevent any injury from the Jinn thereof, see ذِبْجٌ. The belief that houses are inhabited by Jinn obtains among the Arabs in the present day.]) See also سَكْنٌ. b3: [Other meanings are indicated by explanations of its verb.]

أَسْكَنُ More, and most, still, &c.]

مَسْكَنٌ and مَسْكِنٌ; (S, L, Msb, K;) the people of El-Hijáz say the former, (S, L,) and the latter is anomalous; (L;) [A place of habitation;] a place of alighting, abiding, sojourning, or lodging; an abode, or a dwelling; (S, L, K;) a house, or a tent; (S, L, Msb;) pl. مَسَاكِنُ: (Msb:) and ↓ سَكَنُ signifies the same as مَسْكِنٌ, [thus in the Kur xvi. 82,] (Lh, L, and Ham p. 400,) as also ↓ سُكْنَى, (Lh, L,) and ↓ سُكْنٌ: you say, دَارٌ فِيهَا

↓ سَكَنٌ and ↓ سُكْنٌ, i. e. ↓ سُكْنَى [or مَسْكَنٌ, meaning A house in which is a place of habitation, or a lodging]: (L: [↓ سَكَنٌ and ↓ سُكْنٌ are there mentioned as syn., each of them, with مَسْكَنٌ and سُكْنَى, but in different places; and I incline to think that سُكْنٌ thus mentioned may be a mistranscription for سَكَنٌ: I have not found it elsewhere in this sense:]) and ↓ دَارِى لَكَ سُكْنَى, in which the last word is [said to be] virtually in the accus. case, as a denotative of state, meaning [My house is for thee,] as made [or given] to be inhabited, or as being inhabited: (Mgh:) or ↓ لَكَ دَارِى هٰذِهِ سُكْنَى, meaning To thee this my house is a lent dwelling-place: and المَرْأَةِ ↓ سُكْنَى means The wife's dwelling-place in which the husband lodges her. (L.) مَرْعًى مُسْكِنٌ Abundant pasturage, [that causes people to abide in it,] not requiring to go away; like مُرْبِعٌ and مُنْرِلٌ. (L.) b2: أَصْبَحُوا مُسْكِنِينَ They became in the state termed مَسْكَنَةٌ. (L, K.) مَسْكَنَةٌ (L, Msb, K) The state of him who is termed مِسْكِينٌ: primarily, lowliness, humility, or submissiveness: and meaning also lowness, abjectness, ignominiousness, abasement, or humiliation; and paucity of property; and an evil state or condition; also poverty of mind; and weakness; (IAth, L:) it is from السُّكُونُ [an inf. n. of سَكَنَ meaning as expl. in the first sentence of this art.]. (L.) مُسْكَانٌ, meaning “ an earnest,” or “ earnest money,” and of which [as well as of مِسْكِينٌ] the pl. is مَسَاكِينُ, belongs to art. مسك. (TA.) مِسْكِينٌ (S, Mgh, L, Msb, K, &c.) and مَسْكِينٌ, (L, Msb, K,) the latter anomalous, for there is no [other] instance of the measure مَفْعِيلٌ, (L,) of the dial. of Benoo-Asad, (L, Msb,) mentioned by Ks as heard by him from some one or more of that tribe, (L,) others saying مِسْكِينٌ, (Msb,) of the measure مِفْعِيلٌ (L) from السُّكُونُ, because the person to whom it is applied trusts to, or relies upon, others, so as to be, or become, easy, or quiet, in mind: (Mgh, L, Msb:) primarily, (L,) it signifies Lowly, humble, or submissive; (IAth, Mgh, L;) and therefore the Prophet said, اَللّٰهُمَّ أَحْيِنِى مِسْكِينًا وَأَمِتْنِى مِسْكِينًا وَاْحْشُرْنِى فِى زُمْرَةِ المَسَاكِينِ [O God, make me to live lowly, and make me to die lowly, and gather me among the congregation of the lowly]: (Mgh, * L:) and hence it sometimes applies to him who possesses little and [sometimes] to him who possesses much: (L:) sometimes, (S,) it signifies (S, IAth, L, Msb, K) also (IAth, L) low, abject, ignominious, or in a state of abasement or humiliation; (S, IAth, L, Msb, K;) and weak; (S, L, K;) and subdued, or oppressed; though possessing riches or competence: (Msb:) [therefore] Sb says, it is one of the words expressive of pity, or compassion; [and as such may be rendered poor;] you say, مَرَرْت بِهِ المِسْكِينَ [I passed by him, I mean the poor man], putting it in the accus. case by the implication of أَعْنِى, though it may be in the genitive case as a substitute [for the pronoun], and in the nom. case by the suppression of هُوَ meant to be understood: (L:) in other cases, (S,) it is syn. with فَقِيرٌ, (S, L, Msb,) meaning (Msb) destitute, i. e. possessing nothing: (L, Msb, K:) or accord. to ISk, مسكين means thus; but the فقير is he who possesses a sufficiency of the means of subsistence: (Msb:) or the former means possessing somewhat; (L;) or [rather] needy, i. e. possessing what is not sufficient (L, K) for him (K) or for his family: (L:) or caused by poverty to have little power of motion; (L, K;) thus expl. by Aboo-Is-hák; but this is improbable; for مسكين has the meaning of an active part. n., and his explanation [like one of the others mentioned above] makes it to have that of a pass. part. n.: (L:) Yoo says the like of ISk: (Msb:) he used to say that the مسكين is in a harder condition than the فقير: (S, L, * Msb: *) he says, I asked an Arab of the desert, Art thou فقير? and he answered, No, by God, but rather مسكين; (S, L, * Msb;) but 'Alee Ibn-Hamzeh says that this man may have meant that he was low, or abject, by reason of his distance from his people and his home; and that he does not think he meant anything but that: (L:) [J also adds,] it is said in a trad. that the مسكين is not he whom a mouthful or two mouthfuls will turn back, or away, but is only he who does not beg, and who is not known so that he may be given [anything]; (S;) but Ziyádet-Allah Ibn-Ahmad says that the فقير is he who sits in his house, not begging, and the مسكين is he who begs and is given; and hence it is argued that the latter is in a better condition than the former; though it indicates that the former is more highminded than the latter: (L:) accord. to As, the مسكين is better in condition than the فقير; and this is [said to be] the right assertion, (Mgh, L, Msb,) for the pl. of the former is applied in the Kur xviii. 78 to men possessing a ship, or boat, which is worth a considerable sum; (L, Msb;) but they may have been thus termed because they were humbled and abased by the tyranny of the king who took every ship, or boat, that he found upon the sea, by force; (L;) and it is said that these men were hirers, not owners, of the vessel: (TA voce فَقِيرٌ, q. v.:) 'Alee Ibn-Hamzeh says, that the مسكين is better in condition than the فقير is shown by a passage in the Kur [ix. 60], where it is said that the poor-rates are for the فُقَرَآء and the مَسَاكِين; for you will find the classes to be there mentioned in such an order that the second is better in condition than the first, and the third than the second, and in like manner the fourth and the fifth and the sixth and the seventh and the eighth: and he says that the same is shown by the fact that the Arabs sometimes used مسكين as a proper name, but not فقير: (L:) or when these two words are used together, they differ in signification; and when used separately, they [sometimes] signify the same: (El-Bedr El-Karáfee, TA in art. فقر:) [see more voce فَقِيرٌ:] a woman is termed مِسْكِينَةٌ (Sb, S, L, Msb, K) and مِسْكِينٌ also; (S, L, K;) the former by way of assimilation to فَقِيرَةٌ; (Sb, S, L;) the latter being accord. to rule, for an epithet of the measure مِفْعِيلٌ is regularly applied alike to a male and a female; (S, Msb;) or, as Abu-l-Hasan says, this is only when it is an intensive epithet, which مِسْكِينَةٌ is not: (L:) the pl. is مَسَاكِينُ and مِسْكِينُونَ, (S, L, K,) applied to men, (K,) or to a company of people, (S, L,) and مِسْكِينَاتٌ applied to female. (S, L, K.)