فَوْج

fawojN * A company, congregated body, party, or group, of men; (S, A, O, L, Msb, K; *) as also ↓ faAy^ijN , (L,) and ↓ faAy^ijapN , (K,) and ↓ fayojN , (O, K, and Msb in art. fyj , q. v.,) which last is said by Az to be originally fay~ijN , from faAja , aor. yafuwju , like hay~inN from haAna , aor. yahuwnu , for which they say also hayono : (O, and Msb * in art. fyj :) 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 A^afokalu , in art. fkl :)] pl. [of pauc.] A^afowaAjN [also used as a pl. of mult.] (S, O, Msb, K) and [of mult.] fuw^uwjN and pl. pl. A^afaAwiyju (S, O, Msb, K) and A^afaAwiju (S, O, K) and A^afaAy^iju , as though pl. of A^afiyjapN . (O.)