فوض

قَوْمٌ فَوْضَى ذ A party, or company, of men who are equals, having no chief: (S, O, Msb, K:) or separated, or in a state of dispersion; (Lth, O, K;) فوضى being pl. of فَائِضٌ, which is not in use: (Lth, O:) or mixed, (S, O, M, K,) one with another; (S, O, K;) in which sense, also, فوضى is applied to a number of ostriches: (S, O:) or having no commander, nor any to collect them together: (M:) or mixed, and having no commander over them. (A.) You say, النَّاسُ فَوْضَى فِى هٰذَا The people are equals in this; there is no distinction to be made between them. (Mgh.) And جَاآءَ القَوْمُ فَوْضَى The party, or company, of men came mixed together. (S.) And الوَحْشُ فَوْضَى The wild animals are in a state of separation, or dispersion, (O, TA,) going to and fro. (TA.) أَمْوَالُهُمْ فَوْضَى بَيْنَهُمْ Their possessions are property which they share among themselves; as also فَيْضُوضَاآءُ and فَيْضُوضَى. (S.) And مَتَاعُهُمْ فَوْضَى بَيْنَهُمْ, and فَوْضَى فَضًا, Their goods are common property among them. (M.) And المَالُ فَوْضَى بَيْنَهُمْ The property is promiscuous among them: whosoever desireth of them a thing taketh it. (Msb.) And كَانَتْ خَيْبَرُ فَوْضَى Kheyber was promiscuous (Mgh) common property (Mgh, Msb) among the Companions; not divided. (Msb.) ― -b2- أَمْرُهُمْ فَوْضَى, and ↓ فَوْضَاآءُ, (M,) or فَوْضَى بَيْنَهُمْ, and فَيْضَى, (TA,) Their case is mixed, or promiscuous: or is equal among them: (Lh, M, TA:) or أَمْرُهُمْ فَوْضَى بَيْنَهُمْ, (AZ, O, K,) or بَيْنَهُمْ ↓ فَوْضُوضَاآءُ, (TA,) or both, (O, TA,) Their case is mixed, or promiscuous, (AZ, O, K,) every one of them making free use of that which belongs to another, (K,) one wearing the garment of another, and one eating the food of another, none of them consulting his companion respecting that which he does without his order. (AZ, O.) [See a similar phrase voce مَشْوَرَةٌ.]