عَشِيرَةٌ
Root: عشر
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عَشِيرَةٌ
A man's kinsfolk: or his nearer or nearest relations, or next of kin, by descent from the same father or ancestor: or a small sub-tribe; a small portion, or the smallest subdivision, of a tribe, less than a
فَصِيلَة: (TA voce شَعْبٌ, q. v.:) or a tribe; syn قَبِيلَةٌ; a man's قَبِيلَة; as also
عَشِيرٌ , without ة: or a community, such as the Benoo-Temeem, and the Benoo-'Amr-Ibn-Temeem: a word having no proper sing.: accord. to some, from عِشْرَةٌ: accord. to others, from عَشَرَةٌ, the number so called: pl. عَشَائِرُ and عَشِيرَاتُ. [See also مَعْشَرٌ.]
def.2 عَشَائِرُ is also a pl. pl. of عُشَرَآءُ [q. v., last sentence].
def.2 عَشَائِرُ is also a pl. pl. of عُشَرَآءُ [q. v., last sentence].
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