فين

فَيْنَةٌ ذ A time; syn. وَقْتٌ, or وَقْتٌ مِنَ الزَّمَانِ; (T;) or حِينٌ; (T, S, M, K;) and سَاعَةٌ. (S, K.) You say, لَقِيتُهُ الفَيْنَةَ بَعْدَ الفَيْنَةِ [ I met him time after time ]: (AZ, S, M, K; but some copies of the K omit the words بعد الفينة:) and لَقِيتُهُ فَيْنَةَ [ I met him at a certain time ]: (AZ, S, M, K; but in some copies of the S and K, فَيْنَةً:) thus فينة is made determinate in two different ways; by its having the article ال prefixed to it [in the former case], and as a proper name [in the latter case; with which compare what is said of بُكْرَةَ &c.]: (AZ, M:) and you say, اـِنِّى لَاآتِى فُلَانًا الفَيْنَةَ بَعْدَ الفَيْنَةِ i. e. [ Verily I come to such a one ] time after time; not continually repairing to him: (AZ, T:) and, accord. to ISk, مَا أَلْقَاهُ اـِلَّا الفَيْنَةَ i. e. [ I do not meet him save occasionally, or] time after time. (TA.) [See also فَنَّةٌ.]