فرق

فَرِقٌ ذ is applied to plants, or herbage, (نَبْتٌ,) as meaning [ In a sparse, or scattered, state; or] small, not covering the ground: (AHn, K, TA:) or (K) فَرِقَةٌ is applied to land, (أَرْضٌ,) meaning of which the plants, or herbage, are in a sparse, or scattered, state; (S, O, K, TA;) not contiguous: (S, O, TA:) thus used, it is a possessive epithet, having no verb. (TA.) -A2- See also فَرُوقَةٌ, in two places.