عِضَةٌ

A piece, part, or portion, (Msb, K,) of a thing: originally عِضْوَةٌ: plural عِضُونَ, irreg., like سِنُونَ. (Msb.)

And A party, sect, or class, (K, TA,) of people: (TA:) [plural as above:] one says, فِى الدَّارِ عِضُونَ مِنَ النَّاسِ In the house, or place of abode, are [several] parties, sects, or classes, of people: (S, TA:) so says As, (S,) or Ks. (TA.)

-A2- Also A lie, or falsehood: plural عِضُونَ. (K) In this sense, (TA,) as singular of the last word in the saying in the Qur'an, 15:91, الَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا الْقُرْانَ عِضِينَ, its deficient [radical] letter is و or ه, as has been mentioned in article عضه [q. v.]: (S, TA:) those who say that it is و regard as an evidence its having for a plural عِضَوَاتٌ; and those who say that it is ه regard as an evidence their saying عَضِيهَةٌ. (TA.)

العِضُونَ as meaning السِّحْرُ [i. e. Enchantment, in the CK (erroneously) الشَّجَرُ,] is [said to be] plural of عِضَهٌ [in the CK عِضَة], with ه. (K. [But see عِضَهٌ, in article عضه.])