فُلَان

fulaAnN * is a substitute for the proper name of a human being, (S, Msb, * K, TA,) i. e. of a male; (S, TA;) and in like manner ↓ fulaAnapu , (Msb, K, TA,) for that of a female; (TA,) each without Al ; (Msb:) [the former may be rendered Such a one, or Such a man; and the latter, Such a woman: ] and AlfulaAnu and ↓ AlfulaAnapu for other than a human being, (S, K, TA,) i. e. for a [particular] camel, (Lth, TA,) or for a [particular] beast, as in the saying, rakibotu AlfulaAna [ I rode such a beast, i. e. such a male beast ], and ↓ Halabotu AlfulaAnapa [ I milked such a beast ]: (Msb, TA:) fulaAnN has no dual nor pl.: (IB, TA:) [but] sometimes one says to a single person, mase., yaA fulu ; and to two, yaA fulaAni ; and to a pl. number, yaAfuluwna : and in the fem., yaA fulapu ; &c.; (K: [see more in art. fl :]) accord. to Kh, fulaAnN is of the measure fuEaAlN ; and its dim. is ↓ fulayonN : (TA:) or, as some say, it is of the measure fulaAnN , [originally fulowaAnN ,] with w rejected, therefore its dim. is ↓ fulay~aAnN [originally fulayowaAnN ]; (T, L, TA;) like as A_nosaAnN is [said by some to be] A_nosiyaAnN , of which the Y is rejected. and therefore its dim. is A^unyosiyaAnN . (T, L.)