مَسْكَن

masokanN * and masokinN ; (S, L, Msb, K;) the people of El-Hijáz say the former, (S, L,) and the latter is anomalous; (L;) [ A place of habitation; ] a place of alighting, abiding, sojourning, or lodging; an abode, or a dwelling; (S, L, K;) a house, or a tent; (S, L, Msb;) pl. masaAkinu : (Msb:) and ↓ sakanu signifies the same as masokinN , [thus in the Kur xvi. 82,] (Lh, L, and Ham p. 400,) as also ↓ sukonaY , (Lh, L,) and ↓ sukonN : you say, daArN fiyhaA ↓ sakanN and ↓ sukonN , i. e. ↓ sukonaY [or masokanN , meaning A house in which is a place of habitation, or a lodging ]: (L: [↓ sakanN and ↓ sukonN are there mentioned as syn., each of them, with masokanN and sukonaY , but in different places; and I incline to think that sukonN thus mentioned may be a mistranscription for sakanN : I have not found it elsewhere in this sense:]) and ↓ daAriY laka sukonaY , in which the last word is [said to be] virtually in the accus. case, as a denotative of state, meaning [ My house is for thee, ] as made [or given ] to be inhabited, or as being inhabited: (Mgh:) or ↓ laka daAriY h`*ihi sukonaY , meaning To thee this my house is a lent dwelling-place: and AlmaroA^api ↓ sukonaY means The wife's dwelling-place in which the husband lodges her. (L.)