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1 دَجَنَ دجن دجنن , aor. دَجُنَ , inf. n. دَجْنٌ and دُجُونٌ, It (a day) was, or became, one in which the clouds covered the sky: (S:) and دَغَنَ, inf. n. دُغُونٌ, signifies the same, accord. to IAar. (TA. [See also 4.]) ― -b2- دَجَنَتِ السَّحَابُ i. q. ↓ ادجنت [meaning The clouds rained continually]: (TA:) [for] السَّمَآءُ ↓ ادجنت signifies the sky rained continually: (S, K:) [or دَجَنَتِ السَّحَابُ and ↓ ادجنت may mean the clouds covered the sky, or the regions of the sky, or the earth: for] ↓ الدَّجْنُ [is app. the inf. n. of the former verb, and] signifies the clouds' covering (S, M, K) the sky, (S,) or the regions of the sky, (M, K,) or the earth. (K.) ― -b3- دَجَنَ بِالمَكَانِ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. دَجُنَ , (Msb,) inf. n. دُجُونٌ (S, Msb, K) and دَجْنٌ, (Msb,) (tropical:) He remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, in the place; (S, Msb, K, TA;) kept to it, or became accustomed to it: (TA:) and so ↓ ادجن . (S, Msb.) ― -b4- And hence, (TA,) دَجَنَ said of the pigeon, and the sheep or goat, &c., (K, TA,) as, for instance, the camel, (TA,) (tropical:) It kept to the house or tent. (K, TA.) ― -b5- And دَجَنَتْ لِلسِّنَاوَةِ (assumed tropical:) She (a camel) was, or became, accustomed to irrigating the land. (TA.) ― -b6- And دَجَنَ فِى فِسْقِهِ (tropical:) He continued in his transgression, or wickedness, or unrighteousness. (TA.) And دَجَنُوا فِى لُؤْمِهِمْ (tropical:) They kept to their baseness, or ungenerousness; not abandoning it. (TA.) And ↓ ادجن المَطَرُ, and الحُمَّى ↓ ادجنت , (tropical:) The rain, and the fever, continued (IAar, K) incessantly for some days. (IAar, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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