فِهْرٌ

, (S, O, K,) masculine and feminine; (Fr, S, O, K;) or, according to Lth, the Arabs in general made it feminine; but it occurs in the K as masculine; (TA;) A stone such as fills the hand: (S, O, K:) or a stone of the size of that with which one crushes walnuts (K, TA) and the like: (TA:) or a round stone with which one bruises, or brays, perfume: (Ham p. 643:) or a stone, absolutely: (TA:) plural [of pauc.] أَفْهَارٌ (S, O, K) and [of mult.] فُهُورٌ: (O, K:) As used to say فِهْرٌ and ↓ فِهْرَةٌ, (S, O,) [indicating the former to be a coll. gen. n. and the latter to be the n. un.,] like سِدْرٌ and سِدْرَةٌ: (O:) the diminutive is ↓ فُهَيْرَةٌ. (S, O.)