الفِرْسِنُ

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الفِرْسِنُ , of the camel, is What corresponds to the حَافِر [or hoof] of the horse or a similar beast: or the part which is below the رُسْغ [or pastern] and in which are the bones called سُلَامَى [q. v.]: and sometimes it is of the sheep or goat: it is of the fem. gender: and the pl. is فَرَاسِنُ: accord. to Ibn-Es-Sarráj, the ن is augmentative, because it is from فَرَسْتُ, and [therefore] it has been mentioned before [in art. فرس, in which see more].

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