الفِرْسِنُ

, of the camel, is What corresponds to the حَافِر [or hoof] of the horse (S, O, Msb, K) and the like: (S, O, Msb:) or what corresponds to the قَدَم [or foot] of the man: (El-Bári', Msb:) and (assumed tropical:) of the bovine animal in like manner: (IAmb, Msb:) and sometimes (tropical:) of the sheep or goat, (S, O, TA,) for الظِّلْفُ: (TA:) or it is only of the camel: (El-Bári', Msb:) or the extremity of the خُفّ [or foot] of the camel: (M:) of the feminine gender: (IAmb, M, O, Msb, K:) plural فَرَاسِنُ, (M, Msb,) not فِرْسِنَاتٌ: (M:) it is of the measure فِعْلِنٌ; (S, O;) the ن being augmentative; (Aboo-Bekr Ibn-Es-Sarráj, S, O, Msb, K;) because it is from فَرَسْتُ. (Aboo-Bekr Ibn-EsSarráj, S.) See also article فرسن.