سِكِّين

sik~iynN * , mentioned by Ibn-'Abbád in this art., and said in the Mgh to be of the measure fiEoliynN from Als~ak~u , or fiE~iylN from Als~ukuwnu : see art. skn .

sukayonN * An ass light, or active, and quick, or swift: and sukayonapN is applied to a she-ass (L, K) in the same sense. (L.) ― -b2- Hence the latter is used as a name for (assumed tropical:) A girl, or young woman, or a female slave, that is of a light, or an active, spirit. (L.) ― -b3- The former also signifies A wild ass. (L.) ― -b4- And Als~ukayonapu is the name of The gnat that entered into the nose of Numrood [or Nimrod ]. (L, K.)

sik~iynN * a word of well-known meaning; (S, Msb, K;) i. e. A knife; (MA, PS;) i. q. mudoyapN ; (L;) as also ↓ sik~iynapN , (ISd, L, K,) a dial. var., (ISd, L,) occurring in a trad., but the former is that which is commonly known: (L:) so called because it stills the animals slaughtered with it: (Az, L, Msb:) of the measure fiE~iylN : (IDrd, L, Msb:) or, accord. to some, its n is augmentative, so that it is of the measure fiEoliynN : (Msb:) it is masc., and sometimes fem.: (Zj, IAmb, * L, Msb, K: *) not heard as fem. by IAar: (L:) held to be only masc. by AZ and As and some others: (Msb:) but sometimes it occurs in poetry as fem. on the ground of meaning [as being syn. with mudoyapN or $aforahN ], (Msb,) and as such it occurs in a trad.: (L:) the pl. is sakaAkiynu . (ISd, MA, L.) [See an ex. in a prov. cited voce salFY .]