فءو ند فءى

فِئَةٌ ذ A party, portion, division, or distinct body; or a company, or congregated body; syn. فِرْقَةٌ, (T,) or طَائِفَةٌ, (S,) or جَمَاعَةٌ; (M, K;) of men: (T, M:) [see more in art. فيأ, to which it belongs accord. to some: accord. to others,] it is originally فِئوَة [app. فِئْوَةٌ] (T) [or فِئْوٌ (see art. فيأ); or فِئْىٌ or فِئْيَةٌ (see what follows)]; the ة being a substitute for the [final radical letter, which is و or] ى: (S:) the pl. is فِئُونَ (S, M, K) and فِئَاتٌ. (M, K.) El-Kumeyt says, تَرَى مِنْهُ جَمَاجِمَهُمْ فِئِينَا meaning [ Thou wouldst see, in consequence thereof, their skulls become] scattered fragments. (S.)