דָּכַן, Pi. דִּיכֵּן (cmp. דכך) to pound bulbous plants in the ground in order to stop the growth of the tuber (differ. fr. ריכן, v. רָכַן). Y. Shebi. V, 35ᵈ bot. דִּיכְּנוֹ וכ׳ he crushed the tuber in the Sabbatical year and took it out after &c. [Tosef. ib. II, 10 לדכן Var., read with ed. Zuck. לרכן; cmp. Y. ib. 36ᵃ top.]—Part. pass. מְדוּכָּן, pl. מְדוּכָּנִין. Ned. 58ᵃ במד׳ it treats of onions which had been pounded in the preceding agricultural year; Y. Shebi. VI, end, 37ᵃ במורכנין (corr. acc.).—Gen. R. s. 5, v. דָּכַךְ.