فِئَةٌ
Root: فيأ
Full Definition
فِئَةٌ
A [party, portion, division, or distinct body, of men, such as is termed] طَائِفَة: or a company of soldiers who fight in the rear of an army, and to whom the latter has recourse in the case of fear or defeat: or a company of men who [in war] have recourse, for aid, one to another: a word having no proper sing.: originally فِىْءٌ; the ة being substituted for the medial ى, which is dropped: or its original form is فِئْوٌ [or فِئْىٌ or فِئْوَةٌ or فِئْيِةٌ (see art. فأو and فأى)]; the final [radical] letter being that which is elided; for it is from فَأَوْتُ [or فَأَيْتُ] “ I divided; ” and فِئَةٌ is syn. with
فِرْقَةٌ: pl. فِئَاتٌ and فِئُونَ, in which latter the و and ن are for the making good what is deficient [in the sing.].
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