فند

1 فَنِدَ ذ , aor. فَنَدَ , (TK,) inf. n. فَنَدٌ; (S, M, A, O, L, K, TA;) or فند, [perhaps فَنَدَ, not فَنِدَ,] inf. n. فُنُودٌ; (IKtt, TA;) and ↓ افند, (S, IKtt, L,) inf. n. اـِفْنَادٌ; (S, L, K;) He lied; uttered a falsehood; said what was untrue: (S, M, IKtt, A, O, L, K:) this is [said to be] the primary signification. (L.) ↓ قَوْلٍ اـِفْنَادٍ is used by a poet for قَوْلٍ ذِى اـِفْنَادٍ [ A saying having, or characterized by, lying, or falsehood ]. (M, L.) ― -b2- And فَنِدَ. aor. فَنَدَ , (TK,) inf. n. فَنَدٌ, (M, O, K,) He erred, or committed a mistake or mistakes, (M, O, K, TK,) in extreme old age, (O,) in speech, or in judgment, or opinion: (M, K, TK:) and ↓ افند he made many mistakes in his speech. (As, TA in art. سهب.) ― -b3- And فَنِدَ, aor. فَنَدَ , (IKtt, TA, TK,) inf. n. فَنَدٌ; (T, S, M, IKtt, A, O, L, K;) and ↓ افند; (S, M, IKtt, L;) He became weak in judgment by reason of extreme old age (S, IKtt, A, O, L;) or he became unsound in mind, (M, L, K,) [ in such a state that ] his intellect, or intelligence, was denied, or disapproved. (T, M, K, TK, الفَنَدُ being expl. in the T and M and K by اـِنْكَارُ العَقْلِ, and فَنَدَ in the TK by انكر عقله [meaning أُنْكِرَ عَقْلُهُ], and in like manner افند [of which see the part. n., مُفْنِدٌ, below, as expl. in the A],) by reason of extreme old age, (T, M, K, TK,) or disease; (M, K, TK:) primarily thus restricted to the case of old age, but sometimes used without the being so restricted: (M:) and ↓ افند is also expl. as signifying he became weak in intellect, or doted: (IKtt, TA:) and as signifying he became extremely aged, because he who has become so speaks perverted language; from the same verb as signifying he lied. (L,) ― -b4- [And فَنِدَ, inf. n. فَنَدٌ, app. signifies also He was, or became, impotent: and unthankful for the favour of God: see فِنْدٌ.]