عضو

عِضَةٌ ذ A piece, part, or portion, (Msb, K,) of a thing: originally عِضْوَةٌ: pl. عِضُونَ, irreg., like سِنُونَ. (Msb.) ― -b2- And A party, sect, or class, (K, TA,) of people: (TA:) [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: (S, TA:) so says As, (S,) or Ks. (TA.) -A2- Also A lie, or falsehood: pl. عِضُونَ. (K) In this sense, (TA,) as sing. of the last word in the saying in the Kur [xv. 91], ا@لَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا ا@لْقُرْاآنَ عِضِينَ, its deficient [radical] letter is و or ه, as has been mentioned in art. عضه [q. v.]: (S, TA:) 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. (TA.) ― -b2- العِضُونَ as meaning السِّحْرُ [i. e. Enchantment, in the CK (erroneously) الشَّجَرُ,] is [said to be] pl. of عِضَهٌ [in the CK عِضَة], with ه. (K. [But see عِضَهٌ, in art. عضه.])