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فنك

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

فَنْكٌ ذ i. q. عَجَبٌ: (IAar, O, K, TA:) [it app. means A wonderful thing: for] IAar cites as an ex., وَلَا فَنْكَ اـِلَّا سَعْىُ عَمْرٍو وَرَهْطِهِ بِمَا ا@خْتَشَبُوا مِنْ مِعْضَدٍ وَدَدَانِ [ And there is not anything wonderful except the conduct of 'Amr and his near kinsfolk in their having taken without selection a sword commonly used for lopping trees, and one that was blunt ]: (TA:) and ↓ فَنَكٌ signifies the same. (K, TA.) -A2- Also Persistence, or perseverence; or the act of persisting, or persevering. (TA.) [In this and the following senses, it seems to be an inf. n. of which the verb is فَنَكَ; as is indicated in the TA.] ― -b2- And The act of overcoming. (O, K, TA. [Accord. to the TA, from IAar; but said in the O to be from another, not there named.]) ― -b3- And The acting wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically. (IAar, O, K, TA.) ― -b4- And The lying, or saying what is untrue. (IAar, O, K, TA.)

Derived headwords

فَنْكٌ
  1. 1.
وَلَا فَنْكَ اـِلَّا سَعْىُ عَمْرٍو وَرَهْطِهِ
بِمَا ا@خْتَشَبُوا مِنْ مِعْضَدٍ وَدَدَانِ