فَنَكَ
Root: فنك
Form: 1
Full Definition
2 فَنَكَ فِى الأَمْرِ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, He persisted, or persevered, in the affair; as also . [See also فَتَكَ; and see other explanations below.] And فَنَكَ فِى الكَذِبِ He persisted, or persevered, in lying: asserted by Yaakoob to be formed by transposition from فَكَنَ: and Aboo-Tálib says that and فنّك , of which latter the Verbal.Noun is تَفْنِيكٌ, signify he persisted, or persevered, in lying, and in evil; not in good; and denote the like of consecutiveness. [See also فَنْكٌ, which may be an Verbal.Noun of فَنَكَ in this sense, and in others.] And فَنَكَ عَلَيْهِ, Verbal.Noun as above, signifies [in like manner] He kept, or applied himself, constantly, perseveringly, or assiduously, to it; as also .
3 And فَنَكَ فِى الطَّعَامِ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, He continued constantly, uniformly, or regularly, in the eating of the food, not loathing aught thereof; as also فَنِكَ, with kesr, like عَلِمَ, Verbal.Noun فُنُوكٌ; and so : and الطَّعَامَ وَالشَّرَابَ signifies [simply] I kept continually, or constantly, to the food and the beverage: and also I loathed them, or turned away from them with disgust.
4 And فَنَكَ فِى الأَمْرِ [not فانك as in the lexicons of Golius and Freytag, the latter of whom gives both forms of the v. in the sense here following, as does also the TK,] signifies also He entered into the affair.
5 And He mastered the affair, and overcame it.
6 فَنَكْتَ فِى لَوْمِى, and فيه, Thou wast, or hast become, skilled in the blaming, or censuring, of me, and profuse, or immoderate, therein: so says Fr.
7 And فَنَكَتْ and She blamed, or censured, and kept continually, or constantly, to blaming, or censuring, or to some other thing [or act].
8 And the former, said of a girl, or young woman, She cared not for what she did nor for what was said to her. This meaning has also been assigned to فَتَكَتْ.
9 And فَنَكَ, Verbal.Noun as above, He lied, or said what was untrue; as also .
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