اجن
1 أَجَنَ, (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K,)
aor. ـِ and اَجُنَ; (
S,
Msb,
K;) and أَجِنَ, (
S,
Mgh, &c.,)
aor. ـَ (
S,
Msb,) mentioned by
Yz; (
S;)
inf. n. of the former أُجُونٌ (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K *) and أَجْنٌ; (
S,
Msb,
K; *) and of the latter أَجَنٌ; (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K;) It (water) became altered for the worse (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K) in taste and colour, (
S,
Mgh,
K,) from some such cause as long standing, (
TA,) but was drinkable: (
Mgh,
Msb:) or became altered for the worse in its odour by oldness: or became covered with [the green substance called] طُحْلُب and with leaves: (
Mgh:) أَجُنَ, also, said of water, signifies it became altered for the worse: (
Th:) and in the Iktitáf occurs أَجَنَ,
aor. ـَ which is unknown, but may be a mixture of two
dial. vars. [namely of أَجَنَ having for its
aor. ـِ and اَجُنَ, and يَأْجَنُ having for its pret.
أَجِنَ]. (
MF)
A2: أَجَنَ He (a قَصَّارَ, or whitener of cloth) beat a piece of cloth or a garment [in washing it]. (
S,
K.) أَجْنٌ: see آجِنٌ.
أَجِنٌ: see آجِنٌ.
أُجْنَةٌ (
S,
K) and أْجْنَةٌ and إِجْنَةٌ (
K)
i. q. وَجْنَةٌ [The ball, or elevated part, of the cheek]. (
S,
K.) أَجِينٌ: see آجِنٌ.
إِجَانَّةٌ (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K) and ↓ إِنْجِانَةُ, (
Lh,
K,) the latter of the
dial. of Teiyi, (
Lh,
TA,) or this is a vulgar form, (
Mgh,) not allowable, (
S,) and ↓ إِيجَانَةٌ, (
K,) with ى, (
TA,) A thing well known; (
K;) a vessel in which clothes are washed; (
Msb;) a [vessel also called] مِرْكَن, resembling a لَقَن [which is a kind of basin], in which clothes are washed: (
Mgh:) or what is called in Persian پنگان [i. e. پِنْگانْ a small cup]: (
PS:) [it probably received this last meaning, and some others, in
post-classical times: Golius explains it as meaning “ lagena, phiala, crater: ”
adding, “hinc vulgo Fingiána [i. e. فِنْجَانَة] calix vocatur: item Urceus: hydria: [referring to John ii. 6:] Vas dimidiœ seriœ simile, in quo aqua et similia ponuntur: ” on the authority of Ibn-Maaroof: and, on the same authority, “Labrum seu vas lapideum instar pelvis, in quo lavantur vestes: ”]
pl. أَجَاجِينُ: (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K:) meaning [also] what resemble troughs, surrounding trees. (
Msb.) آجِنٌ (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K) and ↓ أَجِنٌ (
S,
Msb,
K) and ↓ أَجْنٌ (
ISd,
TA) and ↓ أَجِينٌ (
TA) Water altered for the worse (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K) in taste and colour, (
S,
Mgh,
K,) from some such cause as long standing, (
TA,) but still drinkable: (
Mgh,
Msb:) or altered for the worse in its odour by oldness: or covered with [the green substance called] طُحْلُب and with leaves: (
Mgh:)
pl. أُجُونٌ; thought by
ISd to be
pl. of أَجْنٌ and آجِنٌ. (
TA.) إِنْجَانَةٌ: see إِجَّانَةٌ.
إِيجَانَةٌ: see إِجَّانَةٌ.
مِئْجَنَةٌ [in Golius's Lex. مِئْجَنٌ] The instrument for beating used by the قَصَّار [or whitener of cloth, in washing]: but better without ء, [written مِيجَنةٌ,] because the
pl. is مَوَاجِنُ; or,
accord. to
IB, the
pl. is مَآجِنُ. (
TA.)
