فَنَعٌ
Root: فنع
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فَنَعٌ
[as a simple subst.] Increase, and abundance, of wealth: increase in wealth and in what is little in quantity: and i. q.
خَيْرٌ [good, moral or physical; wealth, or much wealth; prosperity, welfare, or wellbeing; &c.]: and generosity: and large, or ample, liberality or bounty or munificence: and excellence; or much, or abundant, excellence. One says مَالٌ ذُو فَنَعٍ and فَنَأٍ, but the former is more common and more known, i. e. Abundant wealth. And فَرَسٌ
ذَو فَنَعٍ فِى سَيْرِهِ
A horse having increase [in his rate of going], or having excess [therein].
2 And Strength of odour of musk. مِسْكٌ ذُو فَنَعٍ means Musk of which the odour is strong.
3 And Good report. And The spreading, or diffusion, of eulogy.
def.2 Also Much of anything; and so فَنِيعٌ , and فَنِعٌ .
2 And Strength of odour of musk. مِسْكٌ ذُو فَنَعٍ means Musk of which the odour is strong.
3 And Good report. And The spreading, or diffusion, of eulogy.
def.2 Also Much of anything; and so فَنِيعٌ , and فَنِعٌ .
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