سدن

1 سَدَنَ ذ , (S, L, K,) aor. سَدُنَ , (S, L,) inf. n. سَدْنٌ and سِدَانَةٌ, [or the latter, accord. to the Msb, seems to be a simple subst.,] He acted as minister, or servant, of the Kaabeh, and [so in the S and L, but in the K “ or ”] of the temple of idols; (S, L, K;) and performed the office of doorkeeper, or chamberlain. (K.) [And] سَدَنَ الكَعْبَةَ. aor. سَدُنَ , inf. n. سَدْنٌ, has the former meaning. (Msb.) A 'Obeyd says, (L,) سِدَانَةُ الكَعْبَةِ signifies The ministry, or service, of the Kaabeh, (Mgh, L,) and the superintendence thereof, and the opening and locking of its door. (L.) The سِدَانَة and the لِوَاآء [q. v.] belonged to [the family named] Benoo-'Abd-ed-Dár in the Time of Ignorance, and the Prophet confirmed it to them in El-Islám: (S, L:) [in the first age of ElIslám,] the سدانة of the Kaabeh belonged to the sons of 'Othmán Ibn-Talhah [of the family of Benoo-'Abd-ed-Dár]. (Mgh.) السِّدَانَةُ signifies [also (L)] الحِجَابَةُ [which seems to be properly a subst., meaning The office of door-keeper, or chamberlain, but here seems, from the context, to be used as an inf. n., meaning the performing that office ]: you say, سَدَنَهُ, aor. as above, [app. meaning He acted as door-keeper, or chamberlain, to it, namely a temple, or for him: ] (M, L:) or سَدَنَهُ, inf. n. سِدَانَةٌ, signifies he served it, or him. (MA.) -A2- سَدَنَ ثَوْبَهُ, (S, L, K,) and السِّتْرَ, (S, L,) aor. سَدِنَ and سَدُنَ , (K,) He (a man, S, L) let down, or lowered, his garment, (S, L, K,) and the curtain, or veil, (S, L,) and الشَّعَرض the hair; like سَدَلَهُ [which is held by some to be the original, the ن being held by them to be a substitute for ل: see سِدْنٌ]. (Fr, TA in art. سدل.)