فاناهُ
Root: فنى
Form: 3
Full Definition
فاناهُIII
, Verbal.Noun مُفَانَاةٌ, He soothed, or coaxed, him: and, accord. to El-Umawee, he stilled, or quieted, him. El-Kumeyt says, mentioning anxieties,
2 And one says, بَنُو فُلَانٍ مَا يُعَانُونَ مَالَهُمْ وَلَا يُفَانُونَهُ i. e. The sons of such a one do not tend, or take care of, their cattle, or camels, or [other] property, and do not manage the same well.
[They rouse him at one time, and at another time they render him sedate like as her leader soothes, or coaxes, or like as he stills, or quiets, the refractory mare]. (S, M: in the T, accord. to the TT, the verse ends with رَائِدُهَا [her pastor], instead of قَائِدُهَا.) Accord. to IAar, فاناهُ signifies واِجاهُ [app. a mistranscription for وَاخَاهُ, originally آخَاهُ, He fraternized with him; or acted with him in a brotherly manner]. [Hence the phrase] أُفَانِى الأَيَّامَ i. e. أُزَجِّى الزَّمَانَ [meaning I make the time to pass away easily; as though beguiling it].تُقِيمُهُ تَارَةً وَتُقْعِدُهُ كَمَ يُفَانِى الشَّمُوسَ قَائِدُهَا
2 And one says, بَنُو فُلَانٍ مَا يُعَانُونَ مَالَهُمْ وَلَا يُفَانُونَهُ i. e. The sons of such a one do not tend, or take care of, their cattle, or camels, or [other] property, and do not manage the same well.
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