فِنْدٌ
Root: فند
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فِنْدٌ
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فَنْدٌ A great mountain: or a mountain apart from others: or a portion of a mountain, or a great portion thereof, having tallness, or length, [app. the former,] and some add, with slenderness: or a head, or round and tall and slender head, or peak, (شِمْرَاخ,) of a mountain: or a great peak or head (شمراخ, T, L, or رَأْس, M, L,) of a mountain: or a
رُكْن [i. e. a side, or an outward part, or the strongest side or outward part,] of a mountain: pl. أَفْنَادٌ. One says of a bulky and heavy man, كَأَنَّهُ فِنْدٌ, meaning As though he were a head, or peak, (شِمْرَاخ,) of a mountain.
2 And the former (فِنْدٌ) is the sing. of أَفْنَاد in the phrase أَفْنَادُ اللَّيْلِ, which means The component parts, or portions, of the night.
3 And A congregated party of men. One says, هُمْ فِنْدٌ عَلَى حِدَةٍ They are a party by itself. And it is said in a trad., respecting the Prophet, that, when he died, صَلَّى النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ أَفْنَادًا أَفْنَادًا i. e. [The people prayed for him, or invoked blessing upon him,] one by one, without an Imám; or companies after companies: and they were computed to be thirty thousand, with sixty thousand angels; two angels to every one of the believers. And the Prophet
4 And A sort, or species: pl. أَفْنَادٌ: one says, جَاؤُوا أَفْنَادًا They came being diverse sorts.
5 And A branch of a tree.
6 And Land upon which rain has not fallen; also termed فِندية [app. فِنْدِيَّةٌ].
2 And the former (فِنْدٌ) is the sing. of أَفْنَاد in the phrase أَفْنَادُ اللَّيْلِ, which means The component parts, or portions, of the night.
3 And A congregated party of men. One says, هُمْ فِنْدٌ عَلَى حِدَةٍ They are a party by itself. And it is said in a trad., respecting the Prophet, that, when he died, صَلَّى النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ أَفْنَادًا أَفْنَادًا i. e. [The people prayed for him, or invoked blessing upon him,] one by one, without an Imám; or companies after companies: and they were computed to be thirty thousand, with sixty thousand angels; two angels to every one of the believers. And the Prophet
4 And A sort, or species: pl. أَفْنَادٌ: one says, جَاؤُوا أَفْنَادًا They came being diverse sorts.
5 And A branch of a tree.
6 And Land upon which rain has not fallen; also termed فِندية [app. فِنْدِيَّةٌ].
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