فَنَاةٌ

A bull or cow; synonym بَقَرَةٌ; (AA, T, S, M, K;) [i. e.] a بَقَرَة وَحْشِيَة [or wild bull or cow; an antelope of the bovine kind]: so says Aboo-'Alee El-Kálee: (TA:) it occurs in a verse of Lebeed; and is said, as on the authority of IAar, to be قَنَاة, with ق: (TA in article قنو:) plural فَنَوَاتٌ (AA, T, S, M, K) and [coll. gen. n.] فَنًا. (Aboo- 'Alee El-Kálee, TA.)

Perseus ID: n34689