Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

رَدڤنَ

Root: ردن

Form: 1

Full Definition

رَدڤنَI [رَدَنَتْ, Present.T app. ـُ but accord. to Freytag ـِ Verbal.Noun رَدْنٌ, She spun thread with the مِرْدَن: see رَدَنٌ:] الرَّدْنُ and الغَزْلُ are nearly the same [in meaning]. (Ham p. 218. [Hence مَرْدُونٌ applied to spun thread.])
2 [And app. She wove a garment, or piece of cloth, with spun thread such as is termed مَرْدُونٌ, or رَدَنٌ: whence مَرْدُونٌ applied to such a garment, or piece of cloth.]
3 The vulgar say of him who is drowsing, drowsy, or heavy with sleep, عَيْنُهُ تردنُ وَتَغْزِلُ [perhaps تَرْدِنُ, to assimilate it to تَغْزِلُ, app. meaning His eye blinks, twinkles, or moves its lids to and for; like the hand that spins thread in two different directions, or that throws the shuttle to and fro].
4 And رَدَنْتُ المَتَاعَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun رَدْنٌ, I put the goods, household-goods, or commodities, one upon another; or put them, or set them, together, in regular order, or piled up.

def.2 رَدْنٌ also signifies The making, or causing, to smoke. You say, رَدَنَ النَّارَ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun رَدْنٌ, He made, or caused, the fire to smoke.

def.3 رَدِنَ جِلْدُهُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun رَدَنٌ, His skin became contracted, shrunk, or wrinkled.


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