سَجَنَهُ

, (S, Msb, K,) aorist سَجُنَ , verbal noun سَجْنٌ, (S, Msb,) He imprisoned him. (S, Msb, K.)

[Hence,] it is said in a tradition, مَا شَىْءٌ أَحَقَّ بِطُولِ السَّجْنِ مِنْ لِسَانٍ (assumed tropical:) [There is not anything more deserving of long restraint than a tongue]. (L.)

And سَجَنَ الهَمَّ (tropical:) He secreted anxiety; did not reveal it. (L, K.) A poet says,

وَ لَا تَسْجُنَنَّ الهَمَّ إِنَّ لِسَجْنِهِ

عَنَاءً وَ حَمِّلْهُ المَهَارَى النَّوَاجِيَا

(tropical:) [And by no means secrete thou anxiety: verily to the secreting thereof pertains embarrassment: but load with it fleet camels of Mahreh]. (L.)