فَانٍ

particle n. of فَنِىَ [i. e. signifying Passing away and coming to an end; &c.]. (T.)

And (tropical:) An old man extremely aged, or old and infirm; (M, * Msb, K, * TA;) so called because of his nearness to passing away, or perishing: (Msb:) or an old man whose faculties have entirely failed. (Mgh.) And فَانِيَةٌ occurs in a tradition, applied to a she-camel, or to camels, as meaning (assumed tropical:) Advanced in age. (TA.)

[فَانٍ فِى اللّٰهِ, in the language of the mystics, means (assumed tropical:) Lost in contemplation of God, and insensible to all else.]