سكن

سَاكِنٌ ذ Still, motionless, stationary, in a state of rest, quiet, calm, or unruffled: [applied to a letter, quiescent; i. e. without a vowel immediately following it: ] still, calm, tranquil, becoming appeased or allayed or assuaged or quelled; [ dying away, passing away, or ceasing to be: remitting, or subsiding; becoming alleviated, light, slight, or gentle: ] still, or silent. (L. [See its verb, سَكَنَ, first sentence.]) ― -b2- Inhabiting, dwel-ling, or abiding; an inhabitant, or a lodger: (L, Msb:) and ↓ سَكَنٌ signifies the same as سَاكِنٌ [app. thus used]: (L:) the pl. of سَاكِنٌ is سُكَّانٌ. (L, Msb.) You say, هُمْ سُكَّانُ فُلَانٍ [ They are the lodgers of such a one ]. (S, L.) And سُكَّانُ الدَّارِ signifies The Jinn, or Genii, inhabiting the house. (L. [Respecting the custom of sacrificing an animal to the Jinn on the occasion of buying a house, in order to prevent any injury from the Jinn thereof, see ذِبْجٌ. The belief that houses are inhabited by Jinn obtains among the Arabs in the present day.]) See also سَكْنٌ. ― -b3- [Other meanings are indicated by explanations of its verb.]