دكن
Root entry · 1 derived lemma1 دَكَنَ المَتَاعَ دكن المتاع , (Msb, K,) aor. دَكُنَ , (K,) inf. n. دَكْنٌ; (TA;) and ↓ دكّنهُ; (K;) He put the goods, household-goods, or furniture and utensils, one upon another. (Msb, K, TA.) [In the TA, this is said to be tropical: if so, it seems that the proper signification is, He made the goods, &c., like a دُكَّان, or bench upon which one sits: see 2.] -A2- , دَكِنَ, aor. دَكَنَ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. دَكَنٌ, (S, Msb,) It (a thing, TA, or a garment, S, or a horse, Msb) was, or became, of a blackish colour; of a colour inclining to blackness: (S, K:) or of a colour inclining to that of dust; [or brown; i. e.] of a colour between redness and blackness: (Msb, TA:) and ↓ اِدَّكَنَ [originally اِدْتَكَنَ] signifies the same as دكن [app. دَكِنَ]. (TA.) And دَكِنَ said of a garment, It became dirty and dust-coloured. (TA.)
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