عُنْفُوَانٌ

, (S, O, Msb, K,) of the measure فُعْلُوَانٌ from العُنْفُ, or it may be originally أُنْفُوَانٌ, having the أ then changed into ع, (TA,) or it is from اِعْتَنَفْتُ الشَّىْءَ meaning “ I began, or commenced, the thing, ” (Ham p. 269,) and ↓ عُنْفُوٌّ also, (Ibn- 'Abbád, TA,) The first of a thing: (S, O, Msb, K:) or the first of the beauty and brightness thereof: (Lth, O, K:) and (S, O, TA) predominantly (TA) of youth, or youthfulness, and of plants, or herbage. (S, O, TA.) You say, هُوَ فِى عُنْفُوَانِ شَبَابِهِ [He is in the prime, spring, or bloom, of his youth]. (S, O, Msb.)

See also عَنْفٌ.

عُنْفُوَانٌ also signifies The juice that flows from grapes without their being pressed. (TA.)

And The force, or strength, of wine. (TA.)