عِضَةٌ
Root: عضو
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عِضَةٌ
A piece, part, or portion, of a thing: originally عِضْوَةٌ: pl. عِضُونَ, irreg., like
2 And A party, sect, or class, of people: [pl. as above:] one says, فِى الدَّارِ عِضُونَ مِنَ النَّاسِ In the house, or place of abode, are [several] parties, sects, or classes, of people: so says As, or Ks.
def.2 Also A lie, or falsehood: pl. عِضُونَ. In this sense, as sing. of the last word in the saying in the Kur [xv. 91], ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا ٱلْقُرْآنَ عِضِينَ, its deficient [radical] letter is و or ه, as has been mentioned in art. عضه [q. v.]: those who say that it is و regard as an evidence its having for a pl. عِضَوَاتٌ; and those who say that it is ه regard as an evidence their saying عَضِيهَةٌ.
2 العِضُونَ as meaning السِّحْرُ [i. e. Enchantment, in the CK الشَّجَرُ,] is [said to be] pl. of عِضَهٌ [in the CK عِضَة], with ه. (K. [But see عِضَهٌ, in art. عضه.])
2 And A party, sect, or class, of people: [pl. as above:] one says, فِى الدَّارِ عِضُونَ مِنَ النَّاسِ In the house, or place of abode, are [several] parties, sects, or classes, of people: so says As, or Ks.
def.2 Also A lie, or falsehood: pl. عِضُونَ. In this sense, as sing. of the last word in the saying in the Kur [xv. 91], ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا ٱلْقُرْآنَ عِضِينَ, its deficient [radical] letter is و or ه, as has been mentioned in art. عضه [q. v.]: those who say that it is و regard as an evidence its having for a pl. عِضَوَاتٌ; and those who say that it is ه regard as an evidence their saying عَضِيهَةٌ.
2 العِضُونَ as meaning السِّحْرُ [i. e. Enchantment, in the CK الشَّجَرُ,] is [said to be] pl. of عِضَهٌ [in the CK عِضَة], with ه. (K. [But see عِضَهٌ, in art. عضه.])
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