دَهَنَهُ

, (S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.,) aorist دَهُنَ , (S, Msb,) verbal noun 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, verbal noun تَدْهِينٌ signifies the same [but apparently in an intensive sense, or as applying to many objects]: (TA:) and إِدْهَانٌ [verbal noun of أَدْهَنَ] is like تَدْهِينٌ. (AHeyth, TA.)

[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.)

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 plural of دَهْنَةٌ, which is the verbal noun of un.]. (So in a copy of the S.)

[Hence, likewise,] دَهَنَ signifies also He (a man, TA) played the hypocrite. (K, TA.) And you say, دَهَنَ فُلَانًا, aorist دَهُنَ , verbal noun دَهْنٌ, meaning He acted with such a one hypocritically. (TK. [See also 3.])

دَهُنَتْ, (K, and so in more than three copies of the S,) and دَهَنَتْ, aorist دَهُنَ ; (K, and so in some copies of the S in lieu of دَهُنَتْ;) and دَهِنَتْ, aorist دَهَنَ ; (AZ, K;) verbal noun [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.]

And دَهِنَ, verbal noun 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 [apparently soft, flaccid, or flabby; for] دَهَنٌ signifies the being soft, flaccid, or flabby; or softness, flaccidity, or flabbiness. (JK.) [See دَهِينٌ.]