فوج

فَوْجٌ ذ A company, congregated body, party, or group, of men; (S, A, O, L, Msb, K; *) as also ↓ فَائِجٌ, (L,) and ↓ فَائِجَةٌ, (K,) and ↓ فَيْجٌ, (O, K, and Msb in art. فيج, q. v.,) which last is said by Az to be originally فَيِّجٌ, from فَاجَ, aor. يَفُوجُ, like هَيِّنٌ from هَانَ, aor. يَهُونُ, for which they say also هَيْنْ: (O, and Msb * in art. فيج:) or a crowd, or dense company &c.: (so accord. to an explanation of the first of the following pls. by Z in the Ksh and by Bd, both in Kur cx. 2:) or a company, &c., of the followers, or dependants, of chiefs: or a great crowd of men: (L:) [and app. (assumed tropical:) a multitude of things: (see an ex. voce أَفْكَلُ, in art. فكل:)] pl. [of pauc.] أَفْوَاجٌ [also used as a pl. of mult.] (S, O, Msb, K) and [of mult.] فُؤُوجٌ and pl. pl. أَفَاوِيجُ (S, O, Msb, K) and أَفَاوِجُ (S, O, K) and أَفَائِجُ, as though pl. of أَفِيجَةٌ. (O.)