سكن

سَكْنٌ ذ , a quasi-pl. n. of ↓ سَاكِنٌ, like as شَرْبٌ is of شَارِبٌ, called by Akh a pl., (L,) The inhabitants, people, or family, of a house or tent; (S, L, K;) a household. (L.) ― -b2- And The collective body of the people of a tribe: one says, تَحَمَّلَ السَّكْنُ فَذَهَبُوا [ The collective body of the people of the tribe bound the loads, or burdens, upon their beasts, and went away ]. (Lh, L.) ― -b3- See also سَكَنٌ. ― -b4- And see the paragraph here next following.