فِحْلَةٌ

1.
The quality, or state, of being a فَحْل [or male; and particularly, of being a stallion: and also (assumed tropical:) masculineness, as a quality of a man, opposed to effeminacy: &c.]: (S, O, K:) and فُحُولَةٌ and فِحَالَةٌ [both of which are also pls. of فَحْلٌ] signify the same. (K.) [Hence,] بَعِيرٌ ذُو فِحْلَةٍ A camel fit, or meet, for being chosen as a stallion. (TA.)
2.
Also, i. e. فِحْلَةٌ, with kesr, A man's choosing a فَحْل [i. e. stallion] for his beasts. (TA.)

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