فين

فَيْنَان ذ Having beautiful and long hair: (K:) or so فَيْنَانُ الشَّعَرِ; applied to a man: (S:) فَيْنَان [is also applied as an epithet to hair; and] has been mentioned in art. فن q. v.: (K:) if it be from فَنَنٌ, meaning “ a branch, ” it is [of the measure فَيْعَالٌ, and therefore] perfectly decl. when indeterminate, and likewise when determinate [as a proper name]; but if from فَيْنَةٌ, meaning “ a time, ” [which seems to be hardly reasonable,] it is [of the measure فَعْلَان, and therefore] perfectly decl. in the former case and imperfectly decl. in the latter case. (Lh, T.) ― -b2- One says also ظِلٌّ فَيْنَانٌ, meaning Wide, extensive, shade. (TA.)