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سكن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

Q. Q. 2 تَمَسْكَنَ ذ He affected to be like, or he imitated, such as are termed مَسَاكِين [pl. of مِسْكِينٌ, q. v.]. (IAth, L.) ― -b2- See also 1, near the end, in two places. You say, تَمَسْكَنَ لِرَبِهِ He humbled, or abased, himself to his Lord; or addressed himself with earnest, or energetic, supplication to Him: and ↓ تسكّن is like تَمَسْكَنَ. (Lh, L.)

Derived headwords

تَمَسْكَنَ
  1. 1.
تَمَسْكَنَ لِرَبِهِ