تقن

تِقْنٌ قنا قنى تاق تقن The رُسَابَة of water, (JK, Mgh, K,) in a rivulet or in the channel of a torrent, (K,) in the [ season called ] رَبِيع; (Lth, JK, Mgh;) i. e., (Mgh,) [ its sediment, or] the thick matter that is borne by it [ and that sinks to the bottom; used for improving land ]: (Lth, JK, Mgh:) and (K) the تُرْنُوق of a well (Mgh, K) and of the channel of a torrent; i. e., the slime, mixed with black, or black and fetid, mud; accord. to the Jámi' of El-Ghooree. (Mgh.) ― -b2- A thing by means of which one subsists, and makes good, or improves, the performance, or execution, or management, of an affair; as iron, and other things, of the جَوَاهِر [i. e. precious stones, or native ores, ] of the earth: and anything by means of which a thing is made good, or improved, is called its تِقْن. (TA.) ― -b3- A skilful man: (JK, S, K:) pl. أَتْقَانٌ. (TA.) ― -b4- [Hence, probably,] تِقْنٌ [or اِبْنُ تِقْنٍ] is also the name [or surname] of a certain man proverbial for his excellence in shooting. (S, K. [In the latter it is implied that this name or surname is التِّقْنُ.]) The rájiz says, يَرَمِى بِهَا أَرْمَى مِنِ ا@بْنِ تِقْنِ [ One more skilled in shooting than Ibn-Tikn shoots it ]. (S.) ― -b5- Nature, or natural disposition. (JK, S, K.) You say, الفَصَاحَةُ مِنْ تِقْنِهِ Chasteness of speech, or eloquence, is [a quality] of his nature. (S.)