عزو1 عَزَاهُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ, (S, * Msb, * K,) first Pers\.عَزَوْتُهُ, (S, Msb,) aor. ـُ (S, Msb, and K in art. عزى,) inf. n. عَزْوٌ, (TA,) He asserted his relationship [of son] to his father: (S, Msb, K:) [you say, عَزَاهُ إِلَى فُلَانٍ He asserted his (another's) relationship as son to such a one:] and so عَزَاهُ إِلَيْهِ, (S, * Msb, O, * and K in art. عزى,) first Pers\.عَزَيْتُهُ, (S, Msb,) aor. ـِ (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. عَزْىٌ; (TK;) this latter verb being a dial. var. of the former. (S, Msb.) [And the latter verb has a similar signification expl. in art. عزى.] b2:  and عَزَا إِلَى أَبِيهِ and لَهُ, intrans.: see 8.A2:  See also the first sentence in art. عزى.5 تَعَزَّوَ see the next paragraph, in two places.8 اعتزى إِلَيْهِ (S, Mgh, * Msb, K) and لَهُ (K) He asserted his [own] relationship [of son] to him: (S, Mgh, * Msb, K:) [you say, اعتزى إِلَى فُلَانٍ and لِفُلَانٍ He asserted his relationship of son to such a one:] and so ↓ تعزّى, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) and ↓ عَزَا. (K.) It is said in a trad., ↓ مَنْ تَعَزَّىالجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَعِضُّوهُ بِهَنِ أَبِيهِ وَلَا تَكْنُوا ↓ بِعَزَآءِ [expl. in art. عض: see 4 in that art.]. (S, Mgh, Msb.) See also art. عزى.عِزَةٌ A party of men (S, Msb, K) such as is termed عُصْبَةٌ [i. e., as expl. in the O in art. عصب, who league together to defend one another], (K, TA,) above, or exceeding, [such as compose] a حَلْقَة: (TA:) or, accord. to Er-Rághib, a company of men who assert their relationship, one to another, either by birth or by the leaguing together for mutual aid: (TA:) [for] the ة is a substitute for the final radical letter which is و: (Msb:) or, as some say, it is from عَزَى signifying “ he was, or became, patient; ” as though they were a company who took patience by one another's example: (TA:) [for, accord. to J,] the ة is a substitute for ى: (S:) the pl. is عِزُونَ (S, Msb, K) and عُزُونَ and عِزًى, but they did not say عِزَاتٌ: (S:) hence عِزِينَ in the Kur lxx. 37, (S, TA,) [expl. as] meaning companies in a state of dispersion: (TA:) or separate, or sundry, parties: pl. of عِزَةٌ, which is [said to be] originally عِزْوَةٌ, from [the inf. n.] العَزْوُ: as though each party asserted their relationship [as sons] to other than those to whom the other party asserted their relationship: (Ksh, Bd:) عِزُونَ is expl. by Et-Tarasoosee as meaning companies coming in a state of dispersion. (Msb.) One says, فِى الدَّارِ عِزُونَ, meaning [In the house, or abode, are] several sorts of men. (As, S.) عِزْوَةٌ: see عَزَآءٌ, below, in two places: A2:  and also in art. عزى.عَزْوَى, which is of the dial. of the tribe of Mahrah Ibn-Heydán, but disapproved, (IDrd, TA,) is a word expressive of desire for one's becoming favourably inclined; [as though meaning Mercy on me! or I cry mercy;] and so ↓ تَعْزَى: (K, TA:) or a word expressive of the being, or becoming, favourably inclined; [as though meaning Mercy on thee!] and so ↓ يَعْزَى, (IDrd, TA,) which is of the dial. of the people of Esh-Shihr, a bad word: (TA in art. عزى:) مَا كَانَ ↓ يَعْزَىكَذَا, (K and TA in that art, in the CK يَعزِى,) a saying of that people, (TA,) [app. meaning Mercy on thee! (or the like) it was not thus, or such a thing was not,] is like the saying لَعَمْرِىلَقَدْ كَانَ كَذَا [“ By my life,” or “ by my religion,” &c.]. (K, TA.) بَنُو عَزْوَانَ A certain tribe of the Jinn, or Genii. (ISd, K, TA.) عَزَآءٌ a subst. [signifying The assertion of relationship of son to a particular person] from اِعْتَزَى or تَعَزَّى; (S, Mgh, TA; see an ex. above, voce اعتزى;) and so ↓ عِزْوَةٌ: (TA:) one says, إِنَّهُ↓ لَحَسَنُ العِزْوَةِ and العِزْيَةِ also, meaning [Verily he is good in respect of] the assertion of relationship [of son; i. e. he asserts his relationship to a good father]. (K, TA.) A2:  See also art. عزى.