فَنِيقٌ
Root: فنق
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فَنِيقٌ
A stallion, [i. e.] a stallioncamel, that is highly regarded, and is not molested, because of the high estimation in which he is held by his owner, or owners, nor is ridden: it is said by AZ to be one of the names for such a stallion: or it is an epithet applied to a camel, meaning such as is acquired for covering: the pl. is فُنُقٌ accord. to AZ, and أَفْنَاقٌ accord. to IDrd, or the latter is pl. of the former pl.: and
is applied as an epithet to a [single] camel, like فَنِيقٌ.
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