الفَنَى
Root: فنى
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الفَنَى
, thus, with ى, in the M, and thus it should be written accord. to Aboo-'Alee El-Kálee, in the T and S with ا, and in like manner in the K, in which it is [mentioned in art. فنو, and] written without the article ال (فَنًا), and said to be a pl., of which the sing. is
, [The plant called] عِنَبُ الثَّعْلَبِ; [see art. ثعلب; and see also الأَفَانِى, in this art.;] whereof one is called
فَنَاةٌ : or, as some say, another plant; [i. e.,] as some say, a species of trees, or plants, (شَجَرٌ,) having red berries, (حَبّ), of which necklaces are made, or the unbroken of which are made use of as
قَرَارِيط [meaning carat-weights] with which to weigh, every berry (حَبَّة) being a
قِيرَاط: and some say that it is a herb that grows in rugged places, rising from the ground to the height of the measure of a finger, and less, and depastured by the cattle.
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