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دهن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 دَهَنَهُ دهن دهنه دهننه دهنة , (S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. دَهُنَ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. دَهْنٌ (MA, Msb, K, KL) and دَهْنَةٌ, (K,) He anointed it (MA, Mgh, Msb, * KL) with دُهْن, (Mgh, Msb,) i. e., (Msb,) with oil (MA, Msb, KL) &c.; (Msb;) [ oiled it; or greased it; ] namely, his head, (MA, Mgh,) or his mustache, (Mgh,) or his hair, &c.: (Msb:) or he moistened it; namely, his head, &c.: (K:) and ↓ دهّنهُ, inf. n. تَدْهِينٌ signifies the same [but app. in an intensive sense, or as applying to many objects]: (TA:) and اـِدْهَانٌ [inf. n. of ↓ أَدْهَنَ] is like تَدْهِينٌ. (AHeyth, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] دَهَنَ الأَرْضَ, said of rain, (S, K,) (tropical:) It moistened the ground slightly, or a little: (S, TA:) or it moistened the surface of the ground. (K.) ― -b3- And [hence also,] دَهَنْتُهُ بِالعَصَا (S, K *) (tropical:) I struck him (S, K, TA) gently (TA) with the staff, or stick; (S, K, TA;) like as one says, مَسَحَهُ بِالعَصَا and بِالسَّيْفِ. (TA.) And دَهَنْتُهُ بِالعَصَا دَهَنَاتٍ (tropical:) I struck him [ gently ] with the staff or stick [ some gentle strokes: دَهَنَاتٌ being pl. of ↓ دَهْنَةٌ, which is the inf. n. of un.]. (So in a copy of the S.) ― -b4- [Hence, likewise,] دَهَنَ signifies also He (a man, TA) played the hypocrite. (K, TA.) And you say, دَهَنَ فُلَانًا, aor. دَهُنَ , inf. n. دَهْنٌ, meaning He acted with such a one hypocritically. (TK. [See also 3.]) -A2- دَهُنَتْ, (K, and so in more than three copies of the S,) and دَهَنَتْ, aor. دَهُنَ ; (K, and so in some copies of the S in lieu of دَهُنَتْ;) and دَهِنَتْ, aor. دَهَنَ ; (AZ, K;) inf. n. [of the first] دَهَانَةٌ (S, K) and [of the second or third or of both] دِهَانٌ; (K;) (tropical:) She (a camel) had little milk. (AZ, S, K, TA.) [See دَهِينٌ.] ― -b2- And دَهِنَ, inf. n. دَهْنٌ, [or, as appears to be probable from what follows and from general analogy, دَهَنٌ,] said of a man, (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, weak: and also, foolish, or stupid: and [app. soft, flaccid, or flabby; for] دَهَنٌ signifies the being soft, flaccid, or flabby; or softness, flaccidity, or flabbiness. (JK.) [See دَهِينٌ.]

Derived headwords

دَهَنَهُverb
  1. 1.
دَهَنَ الأَرْضَ
دَهَنْتُهُ بِالعَصَا
مَسَحَهُ بِالعَصَا
دَهَنْتُهُ بِالعَصَا دَهَنَاتٍ
دَهَنَ فُلَانًا