ســكن
1 سَـ
ـكَنَ, (
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, سَـ
ـكَنَ 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., سَـ
ـكَنَ عَنْهُ It passed away from him; quitted him. And سَـ
ـكَنَــتِ 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 سَـ
ـكَنَ إِلَيْهِ, (
Msb, [where the
aor. is said to be سَـ
ـكِنَ, but this is either a mistake or rare, for the
aor. accord. to common usage is سَـ
ـكُنَ, as in the
Kur vii.] 189 and xxx. 20,])
inf. n. سُكُونٌ (
Mgh,
Msb) and سَـ
ـكَنٌ, (
Msb,) He trusted to it, or relied upon it, so as to be, or become, easy, or quiet, in mind;
i. q. رَـ
ـكَنَ إِلَيْهِ; (
S and
K &c. in art. ر
كن;) 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 سَـ
ـكَنَ 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 سَـ
ـكَنَ الَّدارَ, (
S,
MA,
Mgh,
L,
Msb,
K,) and فِى الدَّارِ, (
Mgh,
Msb,) and بِالمَكَانِ, (
L,)
aor. ـُ (
L,
Msb,
JM,)
inf. n. سُـ
ـكْنَــى (
MA,
Mgh,
L,
JM) and سُكُونٌ (
MA,
L) and سُـ
ـكْنٌ, (
MA,) or ↓ سُـ
ـكْنَــى is a simple
subst., and the
inf. n. is سـ
ـكن, (
Msb, [
accord. to which the latter is
app. سَـ
ـكَنٌ, 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. سَـ
ـكَنُ 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 ↓ سُـ
ـكْنَــى,]) or ↓ سُـ
ـكْنَــى 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 سَـ
ـكَنَ فِى اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ, in the
Kur [vi. 13], is from السُّـ
ـكْنَــى (
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 سَـ
ـكَنَ, (
L,
K,)
aor. ـُ (
K,) He became such as is termed مِسْكِين [
q. v.]; (
L,
K;) as also سَـ
ـكُنَ, (
K,) and ↓ اسـ
ـكن, and ↓ تسـ
ـكّن, and ↓ تَمَسْـ
ـكَنَ: (
L,
K:) and [thus it means particularly] he was, or became, lowly, humble, or submissive; and low, abject, abased, and weak; as also ↓ اسـ
ـكن, (
L,) and ↓ تسـ
ـكّن, and ↓ تَمَسْـ
ـكَنَ; (
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 ↓ استـ
ـكن, (
L,
Msb,) and ↓ اِسْتَكَانَ, of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ (
L,
Msb,
K) from المَسْـ
ـكَنَــةُ (
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 سـ
ـكّنــهُ, (
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 ↓ اسـ
ـكنــهُ signifies the same. (
L.) [Hence,] one says of God, سـ
ـكّن 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 السَّـ
ـكَن]. (
IAar,
L,
K.)
A3: and The constantly riding a light and swift ass which is termed سُكَيْن. (
IAar,
L,
K.) 3 سا
كنــهُ,
inf. n. مُسَا
كَنَــةٌ,
i. q. جَاوَرَهُ [meaning He lived in his neighbourhood, or near to him]. (
TA in art. جور.) 4 اسـ
ـكن: see 1, near the end, in two places.
A2: اسـ
ـكنــهُ: 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 اسـ
ـكنــهُ 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 تسـ
ـكّن, 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 استـ
ـكن, and its var. or
syn. اِسْتَكَانَ: see 1, near the end.
Q. Q. 2 تَمَسْـ
ـكَنَ 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, تَمَسْـ
ـكَنَ لِرَبِهِ He humbled, or abased, himself to his Lord; or addressed himself with earnest, or energetic, supplication to Him: and ↓ تسـ
ـكّن is like تَمَسْـ
ـكَنَ. (
Lh,
L.) سَـ
ـكْنٌ, a
quasi-pl. n. of ↓ سَا
كِنٌ, 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 السَّـ
ـكْنُ 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 سَـ
ـكَنٌ.
b4: And see the paragraph here next following.
سُـ
ـكْنٌ: see سُـ
ـكْنَــى.
b2: And see also مَسْـ
ـكَنٌ, in three places.
b3: Also, (
L,
JM, [thus written in both, and expressly said in the latter to be “ with damm,”]) or ↓ سَـ
ـكَنٌ, (thus in copies of the
K,) or ↓ سَـ
ـكْنٌ, (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 سُـ
ـكْنٌ 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.) سَـ
ـكَنٌ 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 السَّـ
ـكَنِ [Such a one is the son of the سَـ
ـكَن]; and
As used to say ↓ السَّـ
ـكْنِ: (
S,
L:)
accord. to Ibn-Habeeb, one says سَـ
ـكَن and سَـ
ـكْن. (
L.) And it is said in the
Kur [vi. 96], جَعَلَ
أْللَّيْلَ سَـ
ـكَنًــا He hath made, or appointed, the night to be a resource for ease, or quiet. (
L.) And in the same [ix. 104], إِنَّ صَلَوَاتِكَ سَـ
ـكَنٌ لَهُمْ, i. e. [Verily thy prayers for forgiveness are] a cause of ease, or quiet, to them. (
Zj,
L.) [And ↓ سُـ
ـكْنَــةٌ seems to have a similar meaning: for]
ISh says, تَغْطِيَةُ الوَجْهِ عِنْدَ النَّوْمِ سُـ
ـكْنَــةٌ,
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 سَـ
ـكَنَــهَا, 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. مَسْـ
ـكِنٌ. (
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], وَسَـ
ـكَنٍ 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 بِسَـ
ـكَنٍ 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 سُـ
ـكْنٌ:
A3: and سُـ
ـكْنَــى:
A4: and see سَآ
كِنٌ.
سَـ
ـكْنَــةٌ A quiescence of a letter; its having no vowel immediately following; opposed to حَرَكَةٌ:
pl. سَـ
ـكَنَــاتٌ.]
b2: تَرَكْتُهُمْ عَلَى سَـ
ـكَنَــاتِهِمْ: see سَـ
ـكِنَــةٌ.
سُـ
ـكْنَــةٌ: see سَـ
ـكَنٌ.
سَـ
ـكِنَــةٌ A place; [properly] a place of habitation or abode:
pl. سَـ
ـكِنَــاتٌ. (
L.) It is said in a
trad., اِسْتَقِرُّوا عَلَى سَـ
ـكِنَــاتِكُمْ 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 سَـ
ـكِنَــاتِهِمْ, [virtually] meaning,
accord. to
Fr, The people are in their right state: (
S,
L:) and in like manner is
expl. the saying, تَرَكْتُهُمْ عَلَى سَـ
ـكِنَــاتِهِمْ and ↓ سَـ
ـكَنَــاتِهِمْ 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 سَـ
ـكِنَــاتِهِ [With a smiting that removes the heads from their resting-places on the necks]. (
S,
L.) سُـ
ـكْنَــى is an
inf. n. of سَـ
ـكَنَ in the phrase سَـ
ـكَنَ 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 أَسْـ
ـكَنَــهُ الدَّارَ, (
S,
L,
K,) like as عُتْبَى is from إِعْتَابٌ, (
S,
L,) and so is ↓ سَـ
ـكَنٌ, (
Lh,
L,
K,) [which is
app. mentioned in the
Msb as an
inf. n. of the former verb,] signifying, as also ↓ سُـ
ـكْنٌ, [so in one place, as on the authority of
Lth, in the
L, and said in the
MA to be, like سُـ
ـكْنَــى, 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 سُـ
ـكْنَــى being similar to عُمْرَى. (
L.)
b2: See also مَسْـ
ـكَنٌ, 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 سَـ
ـكَنٌ:] 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 سَا
كِنٌ [
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.
سَا
كِنٌ 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, سَـ
ـكَنَ, first sentence.])
b2: Inhabiting, dwel-ling, or abiding; an inhabitant, or a lodger: (
L,
Msb:) and ↓ سَـ
ـكَنٌ signifies the same as سَا
كِنٌ [
app. thus used]: (
L:) the
pl. of سَا
كِنٌ 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 سَـ
ـكْنٌ.
b3: [Other meanings are indicated by explanations of its verb.]
أَسْـ
ـكَنُ More, and most, still, &c.]
مَسْـ
ـكَنٌ and مَسْـ
ـكِنٌ; (
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. مَسَا
كِنُ: (
Msb:) and ↓ سَـ
ـكَنُ signifies the same as مَسْـ
ـكِنٌ, [thus in the
Kur xvi. 82,] (
Lh,
L, and
Ham p. 400,) as also ↓ سُـ
ـكْنَــى, (
Lh,
L,) and ↓ سُـ
ـكْنٌ: you say, دَارٌ فِيهَا
↓ سَـ
ـكَنٌ and ↓ سُـ
ـكْنٌ, i. e. ↓ سُـ
ـكْنَــى [or مَسْـ
ـكَنٌ, meaning A house in which is a place of habitation, or a lodging]: (
L: [↓ سَـ
ـكَنٌ and ↓ سُـ
ـكْنٌ are there mentioned as
syn., each of them, with مَسْـ
ـكَنٌ and سُـ
ـكْنَــى, but in different places; and I incline to think that سُـ
ـكْنٌ thus mentioned may be a mistranscription for سَـ
ـكَنٌ: I have not found it elsewhere in this sense:]) and ↓ دَارِى لَكَ سُـ
ـكْنَــى, 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 سُـ
ـكْنَــى, meaning To thee this my house is a lent dwelling-place: and المَرْأَةِ ↓ سُـ
ـكْنَــى means The wife's dwelling-place in which the husband lodges her. (
L.) مَرْعًى مُسْـ
ـكِنٌ Abundant pasturage, [that causes people to abide in it,] not requiring to go away; like مُرْبِعٌ and مُنْرِلٌ. (
L.)
b2: أَصْبَحُوا مُسْـ
ـكِنِــينَ They became in the state termed مَسْـ
ـكَنَــةٌ. (
L,
K.) مَسْـ
ـكَنَــةٌ (
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 سَـ
ـكَنَ 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.)
