فَنٌّ
1.
A sort, or species, synonym ضَرْبٌ, (T, M, K,) or نَوْعٌ, (S, Msb,) of a thing; (Msb;) as also
أُفْنُونٌ [in this sense and in the senses here following; in the CK, erroneously, اَفْنُون]: (M, K:) and a state, or condition; synonym حَالٌ: (M, K:) [and a way: (see what follows:)] and a mode, or manner: (MA:) plural [of mult.] فُنُونٌ (T, S, M, Msb, K) and [of pauc.] أَفْنَانٌ. (T, M, K.) One says, رَعَيْنَا فُنُونَ النَّبَاتِ [We pastured our cattle upon the various sorts of herbage]: and أَصَبْنَا فُنُونَ الأَمْوَالِ [We obtained the various sorts of possessions]: and a poet says,
[I have enjoyed of the various sorts of fortune, every pleasant, soft, sort thereof]. (T.) [ أُفْنوُنٌ has for its plural أَفَانِيْنُ, which may also be regarded as plural of أَفْنَانٌ plural of فَنٌّ like as it is said to be a plural plural of فَنَنٌ: and] أَفَانِينُ [alone], (S,) or أَفَانِينُ كَلَامٍ, (TA,) signifies kinds [or sorts], and ways, or modes, or manners, [i. e. diversities, or varieties,] of speech; (S, TA, * PS;) like أَسَالِيبُ [plural of أُسْلُوبٌ]. (S, TA.) And فُنُونٌ signifies Different sorts of men, or a medley thereof, not of one tribe. (M.)قَدْ لَبِسْتُ الدَّهْرَ مِنْ أَفْنَانِهِكُلُّ فَنٍّ نَاعِمٍ مِنْهُ حَبِرْ