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فنى

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of perishing, annihilation, and passing away. It extends to the idea of destruction, particularly in conflict, and also encompasses spatial concepts like courtyards and the outer limits of things. Additionally, it relates to specific botanical and zoological terms.

Derived headwords

فَنِيَverb
  1. 1.
    with 'kasrah', perishingboth

    with 'kasrah', perishing

فَنَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    perishingboth

    perishing

أَفْنَىverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to perishboth

    To bring something to an end, to destroy or annihilate it.

تَفَانَوْاverb
  1. 1.
    they annihilated each other in warboth

    they annihilated each other in war

أَفْنِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the pluralboth

    the plural

أَفْنَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of qinwboth

    plural of qinw

فَنَّاءadjective
  1. 1.
    perishingboth

    perishing

فَنَاnoun
  1. 1.
    wolfsbane berriesclassical

    The berries of the wolfsbane plant.

  2. 2.
    red berriesclassical

    Red berries from a plant, used for making necklaces.

فَنَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    wolfsbane berryclassical

    A single berry of the wolfsbane plant.

فَنَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    cowclassical

    A female bovine animal.

فَنَوَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    cowsclassical

    Plural of قناة (cow).

أَفَانِيnoun
  1. 1.
    wolfsbane plantclassical

    A type of plant, specifically wolfsbane, when it is still fresh and moist.

  2. 2.
    wolfsbane berriesclassical

    The berries of the wolfsbane plant, referring to the fresh state.

أَفَانِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wolfsbane plantclassical

    A single unit of the أفاني plant, referring to its fresh state.

فَانَيْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    I dealt with itclassical

    I managed it, handled it, or dealt with it, implying a form of negotiation or appeasement.

  2. 2.
    I inhabited itclassical

    I lived in it or settled in it.

Parallel reading

فنى الشئ فناء
The thing perished, it underwent perishing.
وأفناه غيره
And another caused it to perish.
وتفانوا، أي أفنى بعضهم بعضا في الحرب
And they annihilated each other, meaning some of them destroyed others in war.
وفناء الدار: ما امتد من جوانبها
And the فناء of the house: what extended from its sides.
والجمع أفنية
And the plural is أفنية.
ويقال: هو من أفناء الناس، إذا لم يعلم ممن هو
And it is said: he is from the أفناء of people, if his origin is unknown.
شجرة فنواء، أي ذات أفنان
A فنواء tree, meaning one with branches.
والفنا مقصور: عنب الثعلب، الواحدة فناة
And the shortened الفنا: wolfsbane, the singular is فناة.
كأن فتات العهن في كل منزل * نزلن به حب الفنا لم يحطم
As if the scattered wool on every منزل * where they alighted were the unbroken berries of الفنا.
والفناة أيضا: البقرة
And الفناة also: the cow.
والجمع فنوات
And the plural is فنوات.
والأفاني: نبت ما دام رطبا، فإذا يبس فهو الحماط
And الأفاني: a plant as long as it is moist; when it dries, it is الحماط.
واحدتها أفانية، مثال يمانية
Its singular is أفانية, like يمانية.
ويقال أيضا: هو عنب الثعلب
And it is also said: it is wolfsbane.
فانيته، أي داريته
I dealt with it, meaning I managed it.
كما يفاني الشموس قائدها
As its leader deals with the suns.
فانيته: سكنته
I inhabited it: I settled in it.