, a quasi-plural n. of ↓سَاكِنٌ, like as شَرْبٌ is of شَارِبٌ, called by Akh a plural, (L,) The inhabitants, people, or family, of a house or tent; (S, L, K;) a household. (L.)
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And The collective body of the people of a tribe: one says, تَحَمَّلَالسَّكْنُ فَذَهَبُوا [The collective body of the people of the tribe bound the loads, or burdens, upon their beasts, and went away]. (Lh, L.)