[1]
فَنِدَ , aor.
فَنَدَ , (TK,) inf. n. فَنَدٌ; (S, M, A, O,
L, K, TA;) or فند, [perhaps فَنَدَ, not فَنِدَ,] inf. n.
فُنُودٌ; (IKtt, TA;) and ↓ افند, (S, IKtt, L,) inf. n.
إِفْنَادٌ; (S, L, K;) He lied; uttered a falsehood;
said what was untrue: (S, M, IKtt, A, O, L, K:)
this is [said to be] the primary signification. (L.)
↓ قَوْلٍ إِفْنَادٍ is used by a poet for قَوْلٍ ذِى إِفْنَادٍ [A
saying having, or characterized by, lying, or falsehood]. (M, L.) ―
2-b2- And فَنِدَ. aor.
فَنَدَ , (TK,) inf. n.
فَنَدٌ, (M, O, K,) He erred, or committed a mistake
or mistakes, (M, O, K, TK,) in extreme old age,
(O,) in speech, or in judgment, or opinion: (M,
K, TK:) and ↓ افند he made many mistakes in
his speech. (As, TA in art. سهب.) ―
2-b3- And فَنِدَ,
aor.
فَنَدَ , (IKtt, TA, TK,) inf. n. فَنَدٌ; (T, S, M,
IKtt, A, O, L, K;) and ↓ افند; (S, M, IKtt, L;)
He became weak in judgment by reason of extreme
old age (S, IKtt, A, O, L;) or he became unsound in mind, (M, L, K,) [in such a state that]
his intellect, or intelligence, was denied, or disapproved. (T, M, K, TK, الفَنَدُ being expl. in
the T and M and K by إِنْكَارُ العَقْلِ, and فَنَدَ in
the TK by انكر عقله [meaning أُنْكِرَ عَقْلُهُ], and in
like manner افند [of which see the part. n., مُفْنِدٌ,
below, as expl. in the A],) by reason of extreme
old age, (T, M, K, TK,) or disease; (M, K, TK:)
primarily thus restricted to the case of old age,
but sometimes used without the being so restricted: (M:) and ↓ افند is also expl. as signifying he became weak in intellect, or doted:
(IKtt, TA:) and as signifying he became extremely aged, because he who has become so
speaks perverted language; from the same verb
as signifying he lied. (L,) ―
2-b4- [And فَنِدَ, inf. n.
فَنَدٌ, app. signifies also He was, or became, impotent: and unthankful for the favour of God:
see فِنْدٌ.]