ك • ذ

, [aor. كَذِ3َ ,] (K,) inf. n. كَذٌّ, (TA,) It (a thing, TA) was, or became, rough, (K,) and hard. (TA.)

They, (a people, Msb,) became among stones such as are termed كَذَّان. (L, Msb, K.)

Intense redness. (K.)

Soft stones, (AA, S, M, L, Msb, K,) as also جَذَّانٌ, (As, L in art. جذ,) like dry pieces of clay, (S, L, Msb, K,) and foraminous, or pierced with holes, (M, L,) or sometimes pierced with holes: n. un. with ة. (L, Msb.) Some say, that the ن is a radical letter; (L, Msb;) but the form of the verb أَكَذَّ is against their assertion; for if the ن were so, it would appear in the verb. (Msb.)