فَيْنَان

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فَيْنَان Having beautiful and long hair: or so فَيْنَانُ الشَّعَرِ; applied to a man: فَيْنَان [is also applied as an epithet to hair; and] has been mentioned in art. فن q. v.: if it be from فَنَنٌ, meaning “ a branch, ” it is [of the measure فَيْعَالٌ, and therefore] perfectly decl. when indeterminate, and likewise when determinate [as a proper name]; but if from فَيْنَةٌ, meaning “ a time, ” [which seems to be hardly reasonable,] it is [of the measure فَعْلَان, and therefore] perfectly decl. in the former case and imperfectly decl. in the latter case.
2 One says also ظِلٌّ فَيْنَانٌ, meaning Wide, extensive, shade.

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