فهد

فَهْدٌ ذ [The lynx; lupus cervarius; ] a well-known beast of prey; (L, Msb, K;) with which one hunts; and which sleeps much; (L;) called in Pers. يُوزْ: (Mgh:) fem. فَهْدَةٌ: (L. Msb:) pl. of the masc. فُهُودٌ (S, Mgh, O, L, Msb, K) and أَفْهُدٌ (O, L, K) which is a pl. of pauc.; (O:) and the pl. of the fem., accord. to analogy, is فَهَدَاتٌ (Msb.) أَنْوَمُ مِنَ الفَهْدِ [ More sleepful than the lynx ] is a proverb. (A.) ― -b2- And A nail in the واسِط [or fore part ] of the [ camel's saddle called ] رَحْل; (O, L, K;) also termed كَلْبٌ [q. v.]. (L.) To the creaking sound of this nail the similar sound of a stallion-camel's tushes is likened.