דָּשֵׁן (b. h.; cmp. דֶּשֶׁא) to be moist, sappy, fat.
Pi. - דִּשֵּׁן 1) to bless with rich pastures. Ber. 29ᵃ דַּשְּׁנֵנוּ בנאות וכ׳ (cmp. Ps. XXIII, 2) give us pasture on the meadows of thy land. —2) (b. h.; to remove the ashes, to clean (the lamps). Tam. III, 9 מְדַשְּׁנָן trims them. Yoma II, 3 מי מְדַשֵּׁן וכ׳ who shall do the cleaning of the inner altar. Tam. III, 1; a. e.
Nithpa. - נִדַּשֵּׁן 1) to become sappy, vigorous. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXXII, end. —2) to be treated like the charred wick, to become unfit for sacred use. Men. 88ᵇ ני׳ השמן נִידַּשְּׁנָה וכ׳ the oil as well as the wick has become unfit.