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اسكن

Root: سكن

Form: 4

Full Definition

اسكنIV : see 1, near the end, in two places.

def.2 اسكنهُ: see 2, first sentence.
2 [Hence,] said of poverty, It made him to be little, or seldom, in motion.
3 And, said of God, He made him to be such as is termed مِسْكِين [q. v.].
4 And اسكنهُ الدَّارَ, or المَنْزِلَ, He made him [or gave him] to inhabit the house, or abode; he lodged him therein.
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