عِزَةٌ

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عِزَةٌ A party of men such as is termed عُصْبَةٌ [i. e., as expl. in the O in art. عصب, who league together to defend one another], above, or exceeding, [such as compose] a حَلْقَة: or, accord. to Er-Rághib, a company of men who assert their relationship, one to another, either by birth or by the leaguing together for mutual aid: [for] the ة is a substitute for the final radical letter which is و: or, as some say, it is from عَزَى signifying “ he was, or became, patient; ” as though they were a company who took patience by one another's example: [for, accord. to J,] the ة is a substitute for ى: the pl. is عِزُونَ and عُزُونَ and عِزًى, but they did not say عِزَاتٌ: hence عِزِينَ in the Kur lxx. 37, [expl. as] meaning companies in a state of dispersion: or separate, or sundry, parties: pl. of عِزَةٌ, which is [said to be] originally عِزْوَةٌ, from [the Verbal.Noun] العَزْوُ: as though each party asserted their relationship [as sons] to other than those to whom the other party asserted their relationship: عِزُونَ is expl. by Et-Tarasoosee as meaning companies coming in a state of dispersion. One says, فِى الدَّارِ عِزُونَ, meaning [In the house, or abode, are] several sorts of men.

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