فَحِيلٌ
Root: فحل
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فَحِيلٌ
: see فَحْلٌ, first sentence.
2 One says also فَحْلٌ فَحِيلٌ, meaning A generous stallioncamel, that begets generous offspring. Er-Rá'ee says,
3 And كَبْشٌ فَحِيلٌ means A ram that resembles the فَحْل of camels in his excellence and his [comparative] greatness.
4 See also فَحْلٌ again, third sentence.
2 One says also فَحْلٌ فَحِيلٌ, meaning A generous stallioncamel, that begets generous offspring. Er-Rá'ee says,
[Their mothers were of the generous camels of Mundhir and Moharrik, and their compressing stallion was a generous one, a begetter of generous offspring]: [some copies of the S have نَجَائِبُ and أُمَّاتِهِنّ; and so has the O: but] IB says that the verse is correctly related as above.كَانَتْ نَجَائِبَ مُنْذِرٍ وَمُحَرِّقٍ أُمَّاتُهُنَّ وَطَرْقُهُنَّ فَحِيلَا
3 And كَبْشٌ فَحِيلٌ means A ram that resembles the فَحْل of camels in his excellence and his [comparative] greatness.
4 See also فَحْلٌ again, third sentence.
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