فرنق
Q. 2 تَفَرْنَقَ He was, or became, bad; (
K,
TA;) said of a camel: (
TA:) and so تَفَرْنَقَت said of a sheep or goat (شَاة). (Ibn-'Abbád,
O,
TA.)
A2: And أُذُنُهُ تَفَرْنَقَتْ His ear became raised. (Ibn-'Abbád,
O,
K.) فُرْنُقٌ Bad; (Ibn-'Abbád,
O,
K;) applied to the عَرِيف [or chief, superintendent, or manager of the affairs,] of a people or party: and so ↓ مُتَفَرْنِقُ applied to a camel. (Ibn-'Abbád, O.) فُرَانِقٌ The بَرِيد, i. e., (
IDrd,
S,
O,) the warner before the lion; (
S,
O,
K;) a certain beast of prey, [sometimes called by us the lion's provider,] that cries out before the lion, as though warning men of his presence; said to resemble the jackal (اِبْنُ آوَى); (
IDrd,
TA;) and said to be the jackal [itself]; but some say otherwise: (
TA voce بَرِيدٌ:) a
Pers\. word, (
IDrd,
S,
O,) arabicized, (
IDrd,
S,
O,
K,) originally فَرْوَانَهُ [or پَرْوَانَه], (
IDrd,
TA,) or originally پَرْوَانَك: (
S,
O,
K:) said by
AHát to be [also] called the وَعْوَع. (
TA.)
b2: And (hence,
TA) The guide of the messenger on a beast of the post. (
O,
K,
TA.) And sometimes The guide of an army was thus called. (
S,
TA.)
b3: And, (
O,
K,)
accord. to some, (
O,) it signifies The lion [himself]. (
O,
K.) مُتَفَرْنِقٌ: see فُرْنُقٌ.
