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سُخْنٌ

Root: سخن

Full Definition

سُخْنٌ an Verbal.Noun of 1 [q. v.].
2 Also Hot, or warm; i. q. حَارٌّ; contr. of بَارِدٌ; an epithet applied to water, &c.; as is also سَخِينٌ , and سَاخِنٌ , and مُسْخَنٌ , syn. with سَخِينٌ like as مُبْرَمٌ is with بَرِيمٌ, &c., or مُسَخَّنٌ , [which is syn. with مُسْخَنٌ as meaning heated, or warmed,] like مُعَظَّمٌ [in measure], and سِخِّينٌ , and سُخَاخِينٌ , which is the only instance of the measure, (S, L, K, [which measure is said in the S to be فُعَاعِيلٌ, but in the K فُعَالِيلٌ,]) and which is also applied to food; syn. حَارٌّ: or, accord. to AA, سَخِينٌ , applied to water, means neither hot nor cold; as also سَخِيمٌ. And يَوْمٌ سُخْنٌ and سَاخِنٌ and سَخْنَانٌ or , or both these, and , (L, K, * [in the CK and in my MS. copy of the K written سُخْنَانُ, which is incorrect, and in like manner سَخْنَانٌ is there written , but this, as well as سَخْنَانٌ, may be correct, for it appears that سَخْنَان has سَخْنَآءُ for its fem. as well as سَخْنَانَةٌ,]) and سُخَاخِينٌ signifies the same, [i. e. A hot, or warm, day,] or, accord. to IAar, يَوْمٌ سُخَاخِينٌ signifies a day that is [so hot as to be] hurtful, and painful: and لَيْلَةٌ سُخْنَةٌ and and or , or both, and , [i. e. a hot, or warm, night,] or يَوْمٌ signifies a day intensely hot, and لَيْلَةٌ سَخْنَآءُ [the latter word being fem. of سَخْنَانُ] a sultry night, or intensely hot so that it takes away the breath: and it is said in a trad. of Mo'áwiyeh Ibn-Kurrah, شَرُّ الشِّتَآءِ , meaning [The worst of winter is] the hot in which is no cold; in the “ Ghareeb ” of El- Harbee, السُّخَيْخِينُ , expl. as meaning the same, but this is probably a mistranscription.
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