فان

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ف ن ي (f n y)
5 terms

Derived from the active participle of the verb فَنِيَ (faniya, to perish).

Adjective

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فَانٍ (fānin) (construct state فَانِي (fānī), feminine فَانِيَة (fāniya), masculine plural فَانُونَ (fānūna), feminine plural فَانِيَات (fāniyāt))

  1. evanescent, transitory, transient, ephemeral
    تجاوز هذه الفانيةto leave this world, to pass away
  2. vain
  3. very old, decrepit, geriatric
  4. exhausted
  5. perishable, bound to vanish, perishing
  6. impermanent, destructible
  7. dead, dying, subject to dying
  8. lifeless, departed, deceased
  9. defunct
  10. asleep

Declension

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