Nounشِرْذِمَةٌ3 senses · 1 main
Core sense — a party, or company, of people; a piece, or portion, of a thinggenerated
1a party, or company, of men—طَائِفَةٌ
Or a small company; or a small number of people.
The first of the two occurs in the Qur'ān 26:54.
Also شِرْدِمَةٌ, with the unpointed د, on the authority of AA.
Qur’ān 26:55 approximate — somewhere between 26:20 and 26:189 Lane cites “Kur xxvi. 54”
Qur’ān 26:54 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows
إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ(Saying): "These (Israelites) are but a small band,Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.1
A piece, or portion, of a thing, such as a quince.
Plural شَرَاذِمُ and شَرَاذِيمُ.
1.2a garment, or garments, old and worn out, much rent—ثَوْبٌ شَرَاذِمُ
a garment, or garments, old and worn out, much rent—ثِيَابٌ شَرَاذِمُ
on this sense Figurative.
Qur’ānic occurrences شِرْذِمَة
26:54
إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ(Saying): "These (Israelites) are but a small band,
Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.
Show Lane's original text
A party, or company, ( طَائِفَةٌ ,) of men, or people: (S:) or a small company: (TA:) or a small number of men, or people: (K:) and so شِرْدِمَةٌ , with the unpointed د , on the authority of AA: (IB, TA:) the former occurring in the Kur xxvi. 54. (TA.) A piece, or portion, (S, K,) of a thing, (S,) of a quince &c.: pl. شَرَاذِمُ and شَرَاذِيمُ . (K.) [Hence,] ثَوْبٌ شَرَاذِمُ , (S,) or ثِيَابٌ شَرَاذِمُ , (K,) A garment, or garments, old and worn out, (S, K,) much rent. (K.)