فَضْلَةٌ
1.
See فَضْلٌ.
2.
[Hence, as used by grammarians,] A dispensable member of a proposition; such as the objective complement of a verb, when the suppression thereof is not detrimental [to the meaning]; opposite of
عُمْدَةٌ. (I'Ak, p. 143) [The plural is فَضَلَاتٌ.]
3.
And The clothes that are used for sleeping [therein]: (K, TA:) [so called] because they are an addition over and above the clothes that are used on various [other] occasions. (TA.)
4.
And Wine; and so
فِضَالٌ [which see also in what here follows]: (O, K:) الفَضْلَةُ is mentioned by A'Obeyd as a name for wine: (O:) or it signifies, according to AHn, the wine that alters [or has become altered] in colour after oldness; and ISd says that it is so called because the choice, or best, or most excellent, part thereof [for لأنّ
حميمها in my original (an obvious mistranscription) I read لِأَنَّ صَمِيمَهَا ] is what remains: (TA:) the plural is فَضَلَاتٌ and فِضَالٌ [the latter word mentioned above as a synonym of فَضْلَةٌ]. (K.)