مُفْنِدٌ
Root: فند
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مُفْنِدٌ
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مُفَنَّدٌ , [meaning Weak in judgment, or unsound in mind, &c., by reason of extreme old age, or disease,] an epithet applied to a man only: you do not use the fem. form, with ة, applying it to an old woman, because [it is held that] she has not possessed judgment in her youth or at any time: or both مُفْنِدٌ and
مُفَنَّدٌ signify [as above: or] one whose intellect, or intelligence, is denied, or disapproved, (أَنْكِرَ
عَقْلُهُ,) by reason of extreme old age: or who confounds [things] in his speech: or the former, or ↓ the latter, signifies loquacious by reason of unsoundness of mind: and the former signifies weak in intellect: [and extremely aged: ] and the same, or ↓ the latter, weak in judgment; notwithstanding he may be strong in body: and weak in body; notwithstanding he may be right in judgment: and weak in judgment and in body.
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