فَصِيلَةٌ
Root: فصل
Full Definition
فَصِيلَةٌ
A piece of the flesh of the
فَخِذ [or thigh]: or, accord. to Th, a piece of the limbs, or members, of the body.
2 And A man's nearer, or nearest, رَهْط and عَشِيرَة [i. e. kinsfolk, or sub-tribe, &c.]: or [some] of the nearest of the عَشِيرَة of a man: from the first of the significations mentioned in this paragraph: it signifies less than the فَخِذ: or less than the قَبِيلَة: [see شَعْبٌ in two places:] or the nearest to him of the آبَآء [meaning male ancestors and including paternal uncles] of a man: [or any one of such persons; for] El-'Abbás [one of Mohammad's paternal uncles] was called فَصِيلَةُ النَّبِيِّ: the term is like the مَفْصِل in relation to the human foot. جَاؤُوا بِفَصِيلَتِهِمْ means They came, all of them, or all together.
2 And A man's nearer, or nearest, رَهْط and عَشِيرَة [i. e. kinsfolk, or sub-tribe, &c.]: or [some] of the nearest of the عَشِيرَة of a man: from the first of the significations mentioned in this paragraph: it signifies less than the فَخِذ: or less than the قَبِيلَة: [see شَعْبٌ in two places:] or the nearest to him of the آبَآء [meaning male ancestors and including paternal uncles] of a man: [or any one of such persons; for] El-'Abbás [one of Mohammad's paternal uncles] was called فَصِيلَةُ النَّبِيِّ: the term is like the مَفْصِل in relation to the human foot. جَاؤُوا بِفَصِيلَتِهِمْ means They came, all of them, or all together.
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