دهن

دُهْنٌ دهن دهنن Oil, (MA, Msb, KL,) &c., (Msb,) [i. e. grease of any kind, ] or دُهْن [i. e. oil ] of sesame &c., (Mgh,) with which one anoints, (Mgh, Msb,) [or greases, ] or moistens, (K,) the head or mustache, (Mgh,) or the hair &c., (Msb,) or the head &c.: (K:) it is well known: (S:) and ↓ دُهْنَةٌ signifies a portion thereof: (K:) [or this latter, being the n. un., signifies a particular oil or kind of oil; like as the former does when it is prefixed to another noun:] you say دُهْنُ البَانِ (S and Mgh and Msb in art. بون) and دُهْنَةُ بَانٍ (TA in the present art. from a poet) [both meaning oil of ben ]: the pl. (of دُهْنٌ, S, Msb, and Bd in lv. 37) is دِهَانٌ (S, Msb, K, and Bd ubi suprà) and أَدْهَانٌ; (K;) [the latter a pl. of pauc.; both pls. signifying kinds of oil &c.; ] or ↓ الدِّهَانُ signifies that with which one anoints; (Bd ubi suprà) or it has this signification also: (TA:) you say, دَهَنْتُهُ بِالدِّهَانِ [meaning I anointed him with oils or with ointment ]: (S, in which this is mentioned as an ex. of the pl. of دُهْنٌ:) and hence the prov. كَالدِّهَانِ عَلَى الوَبَرِ Like [ ointment or] that with which one anoints [ upon fur, or soft hair ]. (TA.) [See also دِهَانٌ below.] ― -b2- Also (tropical:) Weak rain: (AZ, S:) or rain such as moistens the surface of the ground; (JK, K;) and so ↓ دَهْنٌ: (K:) pl. دِهَانٌ. (AZ, S, K.) -A2- And A vertigo (دُوَار) that affects the camel. (JK.)