سخن

سَخِينَةٌ ذ A certain thin food, made of flour; (K;) a kind of food made of flour, thinner than [ the kind of gruel called ] عَصِيدَة and thicker than [ the soup called ] حَسَاآء; like نَفِيتَة, it is eaten only in a time of straitness, and dearth, and leanness of the cattle; and Kureysh were taunted on account of their eating it; (S, L;) for they ate it much; and were called سَخِينَة: accord. to Az, it is also called ↓ سَخُونَةٌ: accord. to AHeyth, on the authority of an Arab of the desert, it is flour thrown upon water or upon milk, and cooked, and then eaten [ with dates (see خَزِيرٌ)], or supped; and this is what is called حَسَاآء: [it is said in the Mgh to be the same as حَسَاآء:] accord. to others, hot food: or food made of flour and clarified butter: or, of flour and dates, thicker than حَسَاآء and thinner than عَصِيدَة. (L.)