الفَنَى

, thus, with ى, in the M, and thus it should be written according to Aboo-'Alee El-Kálee, in the T and S with ا, and in like manner in the K, in which it is [mentioned in article فنو, and] written without the article ال (فَنًا), and said to be a plural, of which the singular is ↓ الفَنَاة, (TA,) [The plant called] عِنَبُ الثَّعْلَبِ; [see article ثعلب; and see also الأَفَانِى, in this article;] (T, S, M, K;) whereof one is called ↓ فَنَاةٌ: (S:) or, as some say, another plant; (T;) [i. e.,] as some say, a species of trees, or plants, (شَجَرٌ,) having red berries, (حَبّ), (S,) of which necklaces are made, (S,) or the unbroken of which are made use of as قَرَارِيط [meaning carat-weights] with which to weigh, every berry (حَبَّة) being a قِيرَاط: and some say that it is a herb that grows in rugged places, rising from the ground to the height of the measure of a finger, and less, and depastured by the cattle. (M.)