فِرْقٌ

A piece, or portion, that is split from a thing, or cleft therefrom; (S, O, K;) whence its usage in the Qur'an, 26:63: (S, O:) and a portion of anything (K, TA) when it is separated; and the plural is فِرَقٌ: (TA:) or a portion that is separated, or dispersed, of a thing; and thus it is said to mean in the Qur'an ubi suprá; and the plural is أَفْرَاقٌ, like أَحْمَالٌ as plural of حِمْلٌ. (Msb.) See also فِرْقَةٌ.

Also A great flock or herd, of sheep or goats: (S, O, K:) and (as some say, TA) of the bovine kind: or of gazelles: or of sheep, or goats, only: or of straying sheep or goats; as also ↓ فَرِيقٌ, (K, TA,) and ↓ فَرِيقَةٌ: (TA:) or less than a hundred, (K, TA,) of sheep or goats. (TA.) فِرْقَانِ مِنْ طَيْرٍ صَوَافَّ, occurring in a tradition, in which the second and third chapters of the Qur'an are likened thereto, (L,) means Two flocks [of birds expanding their wings without moving them in flight]. (L, TA: but the first word, in both, is without any vowel-sign.) See, again, فِرْقَةٌ.

And A set of boys. (O, K.) An Arab of the desert said of some boys whom he saw, هٰوءُلَاءِ فِرْقُ سَوْءٍ [These are a bad set of boys]. (O.)

And A distinct quantity of date-stones with which the camel is fed. (K.)

[And apparently Any feed for one's beast: see an example in article جل, conj. 4.]

-A2- Also A mountain. (IAar, O, K.) And A [hill, or mountain, or the like, such as is termed] هَضْبَة. (IAar, O, K.)

And A wave, billow, or surge. (IAar, O, K.)

And الفِرْقُ is the name applied by the Arabs to The star [a] upon the right shoulder of Cepheus. (Kzw.)