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فان

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of coming, arriving, or passing. It also encompasses terms for specific entities like a horse, a person's name, and a type of plant extract.

Derived headwords

فَانَverb
  1. 1.
    to comeboth

    To arrive or come into existence.

يَفِينُverb
  1. 1.
    to comeboth

    The present tense form of the verb meaning to arrive or come into existence.

الفينانname
  1. 1.
    a horseclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to the tribe of Banu Dhabbah.

  2. 2.
    long hairclassical

    Refers to beautiful, long hair.

بهاءnoun
  1. 1.
    beautyclassical

    Splendor, beauty, or magnificence, used here in relation to hair.

غنث بن أفيانname
  1. 1.
    Ghanth bin Afyanclassical

    A person's name, mentioned as being from Ma'add bin Adnan.

الفينةnoun
  1. 1.
    the timeboth

    A specific moment or period of time; the hour.

  2. 2.
    a whileboth

    A duration of time, often indefinite.

فيْنةnoun
  1. 1.
    a whileboth

    A period of time, used indefinitely.

الأفيونnoun
  1. 1.
    opiumboth

    The black Egyptian poppy's milk, used medicinally for hot swellings, especially in the eye; it is a sedative, beneficial in small doses as a sleep inducer, but poisonous in large quantities.

Parallel reading

فان يفين: جاء.
Fana yafinu: it came.
والفينان: فرس لبني ضبة، والحسن الشعر الطويله، وهي: بهاء
And Al-Finnan: a horse of Banu Dhabbah, and beautiful long hair, which is: splendor.
وغنث بن أفيان: من معد بن عدنان.
And Ghanth bin Afyan: from Ma'add bin Adnan.
والفينة: الساعة، والحين
And Al-Fīnah: the hour, and the time.
وقد تحذف اللام، يقال: لقيته الفينة، ولقيته فينة.
And the 'lam' may be omitted, it is said: I met him at the time, and I met him for a while.
والأفيون: لبن الخشخاش المصري الأسود، نافع من الأورام الحارة، خاصة في العين، مخدر، وقليله نافع منوم، وكثيره سم.
And opium: the milk of the black Egyptian poppy, beneficial for hot swellings, especially in the eye, a sedative, a small amount is beneficial and sleep-inducing, and a large amount is poison.