فَنِيقٌ

A stallion, (S, O, K,) [i. e.] a stallioncamel, (IAar, TA,) that is highly regarded, (S, O, K,) and is not molested, because of the high estimation in which he is held by his owner, or owners, nor is ridden: (O, K:) it is said by AZ to be one of the names for such a stallion: (S, TA:) or it is an epithet applied to a camel, meaning such as is acquired for covering: (TA:) the plural is فُنُقٌ (S, O, K) according to AZ, and أَفْنَاقٌ according to IDrd, (S,) or the latter is plural of the former plural: (O, K:) and ↓ فُنُق is applied as an epithet to a [single] camel, like فَنِيقٌ. (TA.)