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سجّنهُ , inf. n. تَسْجِينٌ , i. q. شَقَّقَهُ [He cut it, or divided it, lengthwise; clave it; split it; &c.]. (K.) ― -b2- And سجّن النَّخْلَ He made the palmtrees to be such as are termed سِلْتِين [or سِجِّين ; i. e. he dug at their feet trenches to conduct the water to them when it did not reach to them]. (K.)

سِجْنٌ A prison; (S, L, Msb, K;) as also ↓ سِجِّينٌ : (L:) pl. of the former سُجُونٌ . (Mgh, Msb.)

سَجِينٌ is syn. with ↓ مَسْجُونٌ [Imprisoned]; pl. سُجَنَا=ءُ and سَجْنَى : and is applied to a female likewise, as also سَجِينَةٌ ; pl. سَجْنَى and سَجَايءِنُ . (K.)

سَجَّانٌ The keeper of a prison. (K.)

سِجِّينٌ : see سِجْنٌ . ― -b2- [In the Kur lxxxiii. 7,] A certain place in which is the record [of the deeds] of the wicked; (S, L, K;) or, as I 'Ab says, in which are their registers: AO says, it is of the measure فِعِّيلٌ from السِّجْنُ , like الفِسِّيقُ from الفِسْقُ : (S, L:) or a certain valley in Hell: or a certain stone, [or rock,] (L, K,) beneath, (L,) or in, (K,) the seventh earth: (L, K:) [these explanations are given by those who hold that مَا سِجِّينٌ in the next verse is for مَا كِتَابُ سِجِّينٍ :] or it there means a register comprising the deeds of the wicked, (Bd, Jel, *) of the jinn, or genii, and of mankind, (Bd,) or of the devils and the unbelievers: (Jel:) or ما سجّين in the next verse is for ما كتاب سجّين , and the meaning is the place, (Bd, Jel,) which is beneath the seventh earth, the abode of Iblees and his forces: (Jel:) IAth says, it occurs in a trad. with the article ال ; and without that article it is a proper name for the fire [of Hell], and hence the mention of it in the Kur lxxxiii. 7. (L.) [See also سِجِّيلٌ .] -A2- Also Anything hard: (L:) and hard, vehement, or severe; (S, L, K;) applied to a beating. (S, L.) ― -b2- And Continuing, lasting, or everlasting; syn. دَايءِمٌ ; (L, K;) as also سِجِّيلٌ : so accord. to El-Muärrij. (L. [See, again, سِجِّيلٌ .]) -A3- And i. q. عَلَانِيَة : (L, K:) so in the saying, عَمِلَ ذٰلِكَ سِجِّينًا [He did that openly, or publicly]. (L.) -A4- Also Palm-trees ( نَخْل ) such as are termed سِلْتِين (As, L, K) in the dial. of the people of El-Bahreyn; (As, L;) [app. meaning that the latter word is of that dial.; for it is said that] the Arabs [app. the Arabs in general] say سِجِّين in the place of سِلْتِين , which is not Arabic: (L:) the palm-trees thus termed are such as have trenches dug at their feet to conduct the water to them when it has not reached to them. (L, and K in art. سلتن .)

سَاجُونٌ Iron such as is termed أَنِيث [i. e. female, meaning soft]. (L.)

[ مَسْجَنَةٌ , accord. to Freytag, The act of imprisoning: but it seems rather to be a word of the class of مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ &c., and to signify a cause of imprisonment.]

مَسْجُونٌ : see سَجِينٌ .