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فَادِرٌ ذ , applied to a stallion, [primarily to a stallion-camel, (see 1, first sentence,)] Desisting from covering; or desisting from covering, being wearied by much indulging therein: (S, O:) or flagging, or becoming remiss, or languid, in covering, and desisting therefrom: (M, K:) [or lacking power, or ability, to cover: (see 1:)] pl. فَوَادِرُ, (S, O,) or فُدْرٌ. (M, K.) ― -b2- Also, and ↓ فَدُورٌ , (S, M, O, K,) and ↓ فَدَرٌ , (M, K,) applied to a mountaingoat, Advanced in age, or full-grown: (S, M, O, K:) or youthful, and complete in make: (M, K:) or large, or big: (S, O:) or that protects himself in the mountain from the hunter: (M, K:) فَادِرٌ applied to a mountain-goat as meaning advanced in age is like قَارِحٌ applied to a horse, and بَازِلٌ to a camel, and صَالِغٌ to an animal of the bovine kind and to a sheep or goat: (As, T:) accord. to IAth, it is from فَدَرَ said of a stallion as meaning “ he lacked power, or ability, to cover: ” (TA: [and the like is said in the O:]) the pl. (of فَادِرٌ, M) is فُدُرٌ, (M, and so in some copies of the K,) or فُدْرٌ, (so in other copies of the K,) or both, (S, O, [see an ex. of the latter plural in a verse cited voce تَدَثَّرَ,]) and فَوَادِرُ and (of ↓ فَدَرٌ , M) فُدُورٌ, and (quasi-pl. n., M) ↓ مَفْدَرَةٌ , (M, K,) like مَشْيَخَةٌ. (M.) -A2- And فَادِرٌ, (O, K,) [thus] without ة, (O,) signifies also A she-camel that goes away alone, apart from the others; (O, K, TA;) like فَارِدٌ. (TA.) [See also فُدَرَةٌ.]

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