دجن

دُجُنَّةٌ دجن دجنه دجننه دجنة (AZ, S, K) and ↓ دِجِنَّةٌ and ↓ دُجُنٌّ (K) Clouds covering the whole sky, full of moisture, and dark, but containing no rain; (AZ, S, K;) pl. ↓ دُجُنٌّ [or this is a coll. gen. n. of which دُجُنَّةٌ is the n. un., though said to be syn. with this last, as well as a pl.]: (K:) and darkness; syn. ظُلْمَةٌ: or the first of these words (دُجُنَّةٌ) has this last signification; i. e. ظُلْمَةٌ, or ظَلْمَاآءُ; [thus in some copies of the K and in the TA; but in other copies of the K ظَلْمَاآءُ only;] and is also without teshdeed; (K;) i. e., it is also written ↓ دُجْنَةٌ, as in the “ Book ” of Sb: this is explained by Seer [and in the S] as syn. with ظُلْمَةٌ; and, accord. to Sb, its pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] is ↓ دُجْنٌ; but in the S it is said that its pl. is دُجَنٌ, i. e. like صُرَدٌ, and دُجُنَاتٌ and دُجَنَاتٌ: (TA: [but in one copy of the S, I find دُجْنٌ and دُجْنَاتٌ; and in another, دُجَنٌ and دُجُنَاتٌ:]) and ↓ دُجُنٌّ is syn. with ↓ دَجْنٌ [q. v.]: (K, TA: [in the CK, الدُّجُنُ is erroneously put for الدُّجُنُّ; and الدَّجْنُ, which should immediately follow it, is omitted:]) the pl. of دُجُنَّةٌ is دُجُنَّاتٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- دُجُنَّةٌ also signifies The clouds' covering the earth, and being heaped; one upon another, and thick. (K, * TA.) ― -b3- See also دَجْنٌ, in two places: and see دُجْنَةٌ.