1. فُرْقَةٌ
furoqapN * the subst. from faAraqahu ; (S, MA, * TA;) or from Aifotaraqa , (Msb,) [i. e.] a quasi-inf. n. used in the sense of AifotiraAqN ; (TA;) signifying Separation, disunion, or abandonment; (MA, KL, PS;) and ↓ faraAqN is syn. therewith, whence the reading [in the Kur xviii. 77], h`*aA faraAqu
2. فِرْقَةٌ
firoqapN * A TaAy^ifap [or party, portion, division, sect, or distinct body or class, ] of men, (S, O, Msb, K,) and of other things; as also ↓ firoqN ; (Msb;) and so, accord. to IB, ↓ fariyqN : (TA: [but see this last word:]) [and a separate herd or the like of cattle:] pl. firaqN (O, Msb, K) and A^