فَيْنَةٌ

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فَيْنَةٌ A time; syn. وَقْتٌ, or وَقْتٌ مِنَ الزَّمَانِ; or حِينٌ; and سَاعَةٌ. You say, لَقِيتُهُ الفَيْنَةَ بَعْدَ الفَيْنَةِ [I met him time after time]: (AZ, S, M, K; but some copies of the K omit the words بعد الفينة:) and لَقِيتُهُ فَيْنَةَ [I met him at a certain time]: (AZ, S, M, K; but in some copies of the S and K, فَيْنَةً:) thus فينة is made determinate in two different ways; by its having the article ال prefixed to it [in the former case], and as a proper name [in the latter case; with which compare what is said of بُكْرَةَ &c.]: and you say, إِنِّى لَآتِى فُلَانًا الفَيْنَةَ بَعْدَ الفَيْنَةِ i. e. [Verily I come to such a one] time after time; not continually repairing to him: and, accord. to ISk, مَا أَلْقَاهُ إِلَّا الفَيْنَةَ i. e. [I do not meet him save occasionally, or] time after time. [See also فَنَّةٌ.]

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