فَرِيق

fariyqN * A TaAy^ifap [or party, &c.,] (S, Msb, K) more in number, (S, K, *) or larger, (Msb,) than a firoqap : (S, Msb, K:) pl. [of pauc.] A^aforiqapN and [of mult.] A^aforiqaA='u and furuwqN (K, TA) and furuqN : (CK:) see also firoqapN , in two places; and see firoqN : AHei says that it is itself a quasi-pl. n., applied to few and to many: 'Abd-el-Hakeem, that it occurs in the sense of a TaAy^ifap [or party, &c.], and in the sense of a single man: and El-Isbahánee, that it signifies a company of men apart from others [i. e. a party of men ]: (MF, TA:) or [simply] a company [ of men ]. (O.) ― -b2- And A separator of himself. (IB, TA.) Hence the saying, huwa A^asoraEu mino fariyqi Alxayoli i. e. [ He is swifter ] than the outgoer, or outrunner, of the horses. (TA.) ― -b3- niy~apN farayqN means mufar~iqN [i. e. A place to which one purposes journeying that separates widely ]: a poet says, A^aHaq~N A^an~a jiyoratanaA A@sotaqal~uwA faniy~atunaA waniy~atuhumo fariyqu [ Is it true that our neighbours have gone away, so that the place to which we purpose journeying and the place to which they purpose journeying are such as separate widely ]: he says fariyq in like manner as one applies [the epithet] SadiyqN to a company of men. (Sb, TA.) -A2- Also A palm-tree ( naxolapN ) in which is [app. meaning out of which grows ] another. (AA, AHn, O, TA.)