فصل

فَصِيلَةٌ ذ A piece of the flesh of the فَخِذ [or thigh ]: (Hr, IAth, O, K, TA:) or, accord. to Th, (O, in the K “ and ”) a piece of the limbs, or members, of the body. (O, K, TA.) ― -b2- And A man's nearer, or nearest, رَهْط (S, M, O, K) and عَشِيرَة (M, K) [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: (IAth, TA:) it signifies less than the فَخِذ: (Mgh, Msb:) or less than the قَبِيلَة: (TA:) [see شَعْبٌ in two places:] or the nearest to him of the اآبَاآء [meaning male ancestors and including paternal uncles ] of a man: (Th, M, K, TA:) [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. (TA.) جَاؤُوا بِفَصِيلَتِهِمْ means They came, all of them, or all together. (S, O.)