رَجُلٌ مِفْضَالٌ

and ↓ مِفْضَلٌ and ↓ مُفَضَّلٌ and ↓ فَضَّالٌ A man possessing much excellence, or superiority, (K, TA,) and beneficence, and goodness, and liberality, or bounty. (TA.) And (K) رَجُلٌ مِفْضَالٌ (S, O, K) عَلَى قَوْمِهِ, (K,) and اِمْرَأَةٌ مِفْضَالَةٌ عَلَى قَوْمِهَا, A man, and a woman, possessing excellence, or superiority, [or much thereof, agreeably with the former explanation, over his, and her, people,] and liberal or bountiful [or very liberal or bountiful]. (S, O, K.)