1 دَهَنَهُ دهن دهنه دهننه دهنة , (S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. دَهُنَ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. دَهْنٌ (MA, Msb, K, KL) and دَهْنَةٌ, (K,) He anointed it (MA, Mgh, Msb, * KL) with دُهْن, (Mgh, Msb,) i. e., (Msb,) with oil (MA, Msb, KL) &c.; (Msb;) [oiled it; or greased it;] namely, his head, (MA, Mgh,) or his mustache, (Mgh,) or his hair, &c.: (Msb:) or he moistened it; namely, his head, &c.: (K:) and ↓ دهّنهُ , inf. n. تَدْهِينٌ signifies the same [but app. in an intensive sense, or as applying to many objects]: (TA:) and إِِدْهَانٌ [inf. n. of ↓ أَدْهَنَ ] is like تَدْهِينٌ. (AHeyth, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] دَهَنَ الأَرْضَ, said of rain, (S, K,) (tropical:) It moistened the ground slightly, or a little: (S, TA:) or it moistened the surface of the ground. (K.) ― -b3- And [hence also,] دَهَنْتُهُ بِالعَصَا (S, K *) (tropical:) I struck him (S, K, TA) gently (TA) with the staff, or stick; (S, K, TA;) like as one says, مَسَحَهُ بِالعَصَا and بِالسَّيْفِ. (TA.) And دَهَنْتُهُ بِالعَصَا دَهَنَاتٍ (tropical:) I struck him [gently] with the staff or stick [some gentle strokes: دَهَنَاتٌ being pl. of ↓ دَهْنَةٌ , which is the inf. n. of un.]. (So in a copy of the S.) ― -b4- [Hence, likewise,] دَهَنَ signifies also He (a man, TA) played the hypocrite. (K, TA.) And you say, دَهَنَ فُلَانًا, aor. دَهُنَ , inf. n. دَهْنٌ, meaning He acted with such a one hypocritically. (TK. [See also 3.]) -A2- دَهُنَتْ, (K, and so in more than three copies of the S,) and دَهَنَتْ, aor. دَهُنَ ; (K, and so in some copies of the S in lieu of دَهُنَتْ;) and دَهِنَتْ, aor. دَهَنَ ; (AZ, K;) inf. n. [of the first] دَهَانَةٌ (S, K) and [of the second or third or of both] دِهَانٌ; (K;) (tropical:) She (a camel) had little milk. (AZ, S, K, TA.) [See دَهِينٌ.] ― -b2- And دَهِنَ, inf. n. دَهْنٌ, [or, as appears to be probable from what follows and from general analogy, دَهَنٌ,] said of a man, (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, weak: and also, foolish, or stupid: and [app. soft, flaccid, or flabby; for] دَهَنٌ signifies the being soft, flaccid, or flabby; or softness, flaccidity, or flabbiness. (JK.) [See دَهِينٌ.] 2 دَهَّنَ see 1, first sentence.

3 مُدَاهَنَهٌ مداهن مداهنه مداهنة and ↓ إِِدْهَانٌ signify the same; (S, Msb, K;) i. e. (tropical:) The endeavouring to conciliate; syn. مُصَانَعَةٌ: (S, TA:) or the making peace with another; or becoming reconciled with another: (Msb:) or the pretending the contrary of, or what is different from, that which one conceals in his mind: (K:) and the former signifies also the acting with dishonesty, or dissimulation: or ↓ the latter has this signification; and the former signifies the striving to outwit, deceive, beguile, or circumvent; syn. مُوَارَبَةٌ: (TA:) or دَاهَنْتُ signifies I hid, concealed, or covered; syn. وَارَيْتُ [accord. to four copies of the S; but probably this is a mistranscription for وَارَبْتُ, meaning I strove to outwit, deceive, beguile, or circumvent, as is indicated in the TA]; and ↓ أَدْهَنْتُ signifies I acted with dishonesty, or dissimulation: (S:) or ↓ إِِدْهَانٌ is [originally] like تَدْهِينٌ [as has been stated above]: but is used as denoting the act of treating with gentleness or blandishment, soothing, coaxing, wheedling, beguiling, or deluding; and abstaining from restraint or prohibition: (AHeyth, TA:) or it originally signified the anointing such a thing as a hide with some oil or the like: and as such a thing is rendered soft to the sense [of feeling], it was used tropically, or metaphorically, to denote ideal softness, absolutely: hence, the treating with gentleness or blandishment, soothing, coaxing, wheedling, beguiling, or deluding, was termed مُدَاهَنَةٌ: then this tropical signification became commonly known, and conventionally regarded as proper: and then the word [مداهنة or ↓ ادهان , or rather each of these words,] was tropically used as signifying the holding a thing in light, or little, or mean, estimation, or in contempt: so in the 'Ináyeh. (MF, TA.) It is said in the Kur [lxviii. 9], ↓ وَدُّوالَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ (tropical:) They wish that thou wouldst endeavour to conciliate [them], and in that case they will endeavour to conciliate [thee]: (S, TA: *) or that thou wouldst be soft, pliant, or gentle, in thy religion, and in that case they will be soft, pliant, or gentle: (TA:) or that thou wouldst be soft, pliant, or gentle, to them, and in that case they will be so to thee: (Jel:) or, accord. to Fr, that thou wouldst be an unbeliever, and they will be unbelievers. (TA.)

4 ادهن أد أدهن إِد إِدهن ادهن دهن ودى آد آدهن , inf. n. إِِدْهَانٌ: see 1, first sentence: and see 3, in six places. [See also its act. part. n., below.] ― -b2- الإِِدْهَانُ is also syn. with الإِِبْقَآءُ, which, accord. to IAmb, is the primary signification: in the copies of the K erroneously written الإِِنْقَآءُ. (TA.) One says, لَا تُدْهِنْ عَلَيْهِ, meaning لَا تُبْقِ عَلَيْهِ [Show not thou mercy to him; or pity not him; or pardon not him]. (IAmb, TA.) And مَا أَدْهَنْتَ إِِلَّا عَلَى نَفْسِكَ, i. e. مَا أَبْقَيْتَ [Thou didst not show, or hast not shown, mercy, save to thyself]. (Lh, TA.) ― -b3- One says also, أَدْهَنْتُ فِى أَمْرِهِ, meaning I fell short in his affair, or case. (JK.) -A2- And أُدْهِنَ He (a camel) was affected with the vertigo termed دُهْن. (JK.)

5 تَدَهَّنَ see what next follows.

8 اِدَّهَنَ أد أدهن إِد إِدهن ادهن دهن ودى آد آدهن , of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ, He anointed himself with دُهْن, (S, Mgh, Msb, K, *) i. e. oil, &c.; (Msb;) [oiled, or greased, himself;] as also ↓ تدهّن . (S.) Q. Q. 2 تَيَدْهَنَ تيدهن He (a man) took a مُدْهُن [q. v.]. (S.) دَهْنٌ دهن دهنن : see دُهْنٌ. ― -b2- عَيْشٌ دَهْنٌ Bad and scanty [means of subsistence]. (JK.) دُهْنٌ دهن دهنن Oil, (MA, Msb, KL,) &c., (Msb,) [i. e. grease of any kind,] or دُهْن [i. e. oil] of sesame &c., (Mgh,) with which one anoints, (Mgh, Msb,) [or greases,] or moistens, (K,) the head or mustache, (Mgh,) or the hair &c., (Msb,) or the head &c.: (K:) it is well known: (S:) and ↓ دُهْنَةٌ signifies a portion thereof: (K:) [or this latter, being the n. un., signifies a particular oil or kind of oil; like as the former does when it is prefixed to another noun:] you say دُهْنُ البَانِ (S and Mgh and Msb in art. بون) and دُهْنَةُ بَانٍ (TA in the present art. from a poet) [both meaning oil of ben]: the pl. (of دُهْنٌ, S, Msb, and Bd in lv. 37) is دِهَانٌ (S, Msb, K, and Bd ubi suprà) and أَدْهَانٌ; (K;) [the latter a pl. of pauc.; both pls. signifying kinds of oil &c.;] or ↓ الدِّهَانُ signifies that with which one anoints; (Bd ubi suprà) or it has this signification also: (TA:) you say, دَهَنْتُهُ بِالدِّهَانِ [meaning I anointed him with oils or with ointment]: (S, in which this is mentioned as an ex. of the pl. of دُهْنٌ:) and hence the prov. كَالدِّهَانِ عَلَى الوَبَرِ Like [ointment or] that with which one anoints [upon fur, or soft hair]. (TA.) [See also دِهَانٌ below.] ― -b2- Also (tropical:) Weak rain: (AZ, S:) or rain such as moistens the surface of the ground; (JK, K;) and so ↓ دَهْنٌ : (K:) pl. دِهَانٌ. (AZ, S, K.) -A2- And A vertigo (دُوَار) that affects the camel. (JK.) دِهْنٌ دهن دهنن A kind of tree with which beasts of prey are killed, (JK, K,) and by means of which they are taken: (JK:) it is a noxious tree, like the دِفْلَى [q. v.]: (TA:) n. un. with ة. (K.) ― -b2- And Such as is large, of trees. (JK.) دَهِنٌ دهن دهنن Oily, or greasy. (KL.) You say also ↓ رَجُلٌ مُدْهَانٌّ meaning دَهِنُ الشَّعَرِ [A man having oily, or greasy, hair]. (TA.) [See also دَهِينٌ.] دَهْنَةٌ دهن دهنه دهننه دهنة ; pl. دَهَنَاتٌ: see 1. دُهْنَةٌ دهن دهنه دهننه دهنة : see دُهْنٌ. ― -b2- Also Odour: so in the saying هُوَ طَيِّبُ الدُّهْنَةِ [He, or it, is sweet in respect of odour]. (K. [Erroneously written and explained by Golius in his Lexicon.]) دَهْنَآءُ دهنآء A [desert such as is termed] فَلَاة: (K:) or a place of sands: (JK:) or a place all sand: (TA:) [or a desert of reddish sand. Hence,] with the article ال, A certain place [or desert tract] belonging to Temeem, in Nejd, (S K, TA,) extending to the distance of three days' journey, in which is no water; (TA;) as also الدَّهْنَى; (S, K;) this latter occurring in poetry. (TA.) [The same appellation is also applied to The great desert of which the central part lies towards the S. E. of Nejd.] -A2- Also A certain red herb, (K,) having broad leaves, used for tanning. (TA.) [ دُهْنِيَّةٌ دهني دهنيه دهنية An oily quality.] دِهَانٌ دهان دهن A red hide. (S, K. [See also دَهِينٌ.]) Hence, in the Kur [lv. 37], فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ, i. e. And shall become red, (S,) or of a rosecolour, (Zj, L in art. ورد,) or of a red colour inclining to yellow, (L in that art.,) like the red hide: (S, Bd, Jel:) or like the hide that is of a pure red colour: (TA:) or like that [oil] with which one anoints; see دُهْنٌ: or it is pl. of دُهْنٌ: (Bd:) [thus] it means, accord. to Aboo-Is-hák [Zj], and shall become [red, &c., and] of various colours, by reason of the very great terror, like divers oils: or, accord. to Er-Rághib, like the dregs of oil, or of olive-oil; for this is another signification of الدهان. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A slippery place. (JK, K.) And A smooth road: or long and smooth. (TA.) دَهِينٌ دهى دهي دهين [Anointed with oil, &c.; i. q. ↓ مَدْهُونٌ and مَدْهُونَةٌ]. You say لِحْيَةٌ دَهِينٌ (K) and دَهِينَةٌ (TA) and ↓ دَاهِنٌ , (K,) [the last, properly, a possessive epithet,] meaning مَدْهُونَةٌ [i. e. A beard anointed with oil, &c.]. (K, TA.) ― -b2- And A hide intensely red. (JK. [See also دِهَانٌ.]) -A2- Also, applied to a she-camel, (JK, S, K,) (tropical:) Having little milk: (S, K:) or having very little milk; (JK;) not yielding a drop of milk (JK, TA) when her dug is squeezed: (JK:) accord. to Er-Rághib, having the meaning of an act. part. n., i. e. that yields as much as that with which one may anoint himself: or, as some say, having the meaning of a pass. part. n., because she is anointed [or as though she were anointed] with the milk, by reason of its scantiness; and this is the more probable, because it has not the affix ة: pl. دُهُنٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- And, applied to a stallion, (assumed tropical:) That does not impregnate at all: as though because of the paucity of his seminal fluid. (TA.) ― -b3- And Weak; applied to a man, and to a thing: one says, أَتَيْتَ بِأَمْرٍ دَهِينٍ [Thou didst, or saidst, or thou hast done, or said, a weak thing]: and Ibn-Hiráweh says, “ لِيَنْتَزِعُوا تُرَاثَ بَنِى تَمِيمٍ
لَقَدٌ ظَنُّوا بِنَا ظَنًّا دَهِينَا
” [In order that they might wrest the inheritance of the sons of Temeem, verily they have opined of us a weak opining]. (TA.) دَهَّانٌ دهان دهن A seller of oil: (MA, TA:) and a maker of oil. (MA.) [In the present day, it is applied to A painter of houses &c.] دَاهِنٌ داهن داهنن : see دَهِينٌ. مُدْهَنٌ مد مدهن A camel affected with the vertigo termed دُهْن. (JK.) مُدْهُنٌ مد مدهن , with damm, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) only, (S,) to the م and ه, (Msb, TA,) extr [in form], (Fr, TA,) for by rule it should be مِدْهَنٌ, (Msb,) or it was مِدْهَنٌ originally, (Lth, TA,) The utensil (آلَة) for دُهْن [or oil, &c.]; (K, TA;) i. e. (TA) the thing [or pot or vase] in which دُهْن is put; (T, Msb, TA;) a flask, or phial, (قَارُورَة,) for دُهْن: (S, K:) [and ↓ مُدْهُنَةٌ , occurring in this art. and in art. وقب in the TA, signifies the same:] pl. مَدَاهِنُ. (S.) ― -b2- And (tropical:) A place, (M, K, TA,) or a small hollow or cavity, in a mountain, (S, TA,) in which water remains and collects, or collects and stagnates: (S, M, K, TA:) or any place excavated by a torrent: (K:) or water exuding in stone. (TA.) مُدْهِنٌ مد مدهن [act. part. n. of 4, q. v.]. ― -b2- أَفَبِهٰذَا الحَدِيثِ أَنْتُمْ مُدْهِنُونَ, in the Kur [lvi. 80], means Do ye then reject this announcement? or disbelieve &c.? (TA:) or hold in light, or little, or mean, estimation, (Bd, Jel,) and reject, &c.? (Jel.) مَدْهَنَةٌ مدهن مدهنه مدهنة A place where oil is made; an oil-mill. (MA.) مُدْهُنَةٌ مدهن مدهنه مدهنة : see مُدْهُنٌ. قَوْمٌ مُدَهَّنُونَ قوم مدهنون (tropical:) A people, or company of men, upon whom are [visible] the traces of ease and plenty, welfare, or well-being. (S, K, TA.) مَدْهُونٌ مدهون : see دَهِينٌ. ― -b2- [Hence,] أَرْضٌ مَدْهُوَنَةٌ (tropical:) Land moistened slightly, or a little, by rain. (S, TA:) or having its surface moistened by rain. (TA.) مُدْهَانٌّ مدهان : see دَهِنٌ. Credit: Lane Lexicon