سَكَنَ

1 sakana * , (S, Mgh, L, Msb, K,) aor. sakuna , (L,) inf. n. sukuwnN , (S, Mgh, L, Msb, K,) said of a thing, (S, L,) of a thing that moves, (Mgh, Msb,) It was, or became, still, motionless, stationary, in a state of rest, quiet, calm, or unruffled, ( hadaA^a , Abu-l-'Abbás, L, or qar~a , K,) after motion; (Abu-l-'Abbás, L;) its motion [ ceased, or] went away; (L, Msb;) and in like manner said of a man, and of a beast: (Abu-l-'Abbás, L:) and said of anything such as wind and heat and cold and the like; of rain; [and of pain;] and of anger; [&c.;] it was, or became, still, calm, tranquillized, appeased, allayed, assuaged, or quelled; [ it died away, passed away, or ceased to be: and it remitted, or subsided; became alleviated, light, slight, or gentle: ] and said of a man [or beast or the like, and of a voice or sound], he [or it ] was, or became, still, or silent. (L.) [Hence,] one says, sakana Ald~amoEu , and Ald~amu , meaning raqaA^a [ The tears, and the blood, stopped, or ceased to flow ]. (S and Mgh in art. rqAN .) [And one says of heat, and cold, and pain, &c., sakana Eanohu It passed away from him; quitted him. And sakanati Aln~aAru The fire became extinguished; or became allayed or assuaged; subsided; or ceased to flame or blaze or burn fiercely, ] ― -b2- [Hence also, It (a letter) was or became, quiescent; i. e., without a vowel immediately following it; contr. of taHar~aka .] ― -b3- And sakana A_ilayohi , (Msb, [where the aor. is said to be sakina , but this is either a mistake or rare, for the aor. accord. to common usage is sakuna , as in the Kur vii.] 189 and xxx. 20,]) inf. n. sukuwnN (Mgh, Msb) and sakanN , (Msb,) He trusted to it, or relied upon it, so as to be, or become, easy, or quiet, in mind; i. q. rakana A_ilayohi ; (S and K &c. in art. rkn ;) and AiTomaA^an~a A_ilayohi ; (TA in art. Tmn ;) [and AiEotamada Ealayohi ; and waviqa bihi ; &c.; and he inclined to it; syn. maAla A_ilayohi ; and became familiar with it; syn. AisutaA^onasa bihi , and A^alifa ; agreeably with explanations here following;] namely, a thing: (Msb:) and sakana A_ilayohaA , aor. sakuna , he trusted to her, or relied upon her, so as to be, or become, easy, or quiet, in mind; &c., as above; syn. AiTomaA^an~a A_ilayohaA ; (Ksh and Bd in vii. 189, and Ksh in xxx. 20;) and maAla A_ilayohaA ; (Ksh in vii. 189, and the same and Bd in xxx. 20;) and AisotaA^onasa bihaA , and A^alifa ; (Bd in the same two places;) namely, his wife. (Ksh and Bd.) ― -b4- And sakana Al~adAra , (S, MA, Mgh, L, Msb, K,) and fiY Ald~aAri , (Mgh, Msb,) and biAlmakaAni , (L,) aor. sakuna , (L, Msb, JM,) inf. n. sukonaY (MA, Mgh, L, JM) and sukuwnN (MA, L) and sukonN , (MA,) or ↓ sukonaY is a simple subst., and the inf. n. is skn , (Msb, [accord. to which the latter is app. sakanN , for it is there said that the verb in this case is like Talaba , the unaugmented inf. n. of which is TalabN , but this inf. n. sakanu I have not found elsewhere, and what is generally used as the inf. n. or quasi-inf. n. of the verb in this case is ↓ sukonaY ,]) or ↓ sukonaY is a subst. in the sense of A_isokaAnN , as expl. below, (Mgh,) [or rather it is also a subst. in this sense,] He inhabited, or dwelt or abode in, the house [and the place ]. (MA, Mgh.) walahu maA sakana fiY A@ll~ayoli waA@ln~ahaAri , in the Kur [vi. 13], is from Als~ukonaY (Ksh, Bd) or from Als~ukuwnu : (Bd:) if from the former, (Ksh, Bd,) it signifies To Him belongeth what taketh up its abode in the night and the day; (IAar, Ksh, * Bd, * L, Jel;) meaning, what the night and the day include within their limits: (Ksh, * Bd:) or, if from Als~ukuwnu , (Bd,) what is still, or motionless, (Abu-l-'Abbás, Bd, L,) and what moves; one of the two contraries being mentioned as sufficient [to show what is intended] without the other; (Bd;) app. meaning the creation, collectively, or all created beings. (Abu-l-'Abbás, L.) ― -b5- And sakana , (L, K,) aor. sakuna , (K,) He became such as is termed misokiyn [q. v.]; (L, K;) as also sakuna