Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

بَرِشَ, aor. ـَ {يَبْرَشُ}, inf. n. بَرَشٌ, i. q. بَرِصَ, aor. ـَ {يَبْرَشُ}, inf. n. بَرَصٌ: (Mṣb:) [or rather, used allusively for the latter verb: see أَبْرَشُ. See also بَرَشٌ, below.]

ابرشّ, inf. n. إِبْرشَاشٌ, He (a horse) was, or became, marked with small specks, called بَرَش, differing from the rest of his colour. (Ṣ.)

بَرَشٌ, in the hair of a horse, Small specks, differing from the rest of the colour; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) as alsoبُرْشَةٌ↓: (Ḳ:) or both signify a colour in which one speck is red and another black or dustcoloured or the like. (TA.)

And hence, (T-A,) the former, (A, TA,) or↓ both (Ḳ,) A whiteness that appears upon the nails. (Ibráheem El-Ḥarbee, A, Ḳ.)

And the former, White specks in the skin. (A.)

[See also 1.]

أَبْرَشُ, applied to a horse, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) or to one of the sort termed بِرْذَون, (Lḥ,) Marked with the small speaks termed بَرَش; (Lḥ, Ṣ, Ḳ;) as alsoبَرِيشٌ↓. (Ḳ.) Also, شَاةٌ بَرْشَآءُ A ewe, or she-goat, marked with specks of various colours. (TA.) And حَيَّةٌ بَرْشَآءُ A serpent black speckled with white, or white speckled with black. (TA.)

[Hence,] i. q. أَبْرَصُ: fem. بَرْشَآءُ: pl. بُرْشٌ: (Mṣb:) [or rather, used allusively for أَبْرَصُ; for] Jedheemeh (Ṣ, A, Ḳ) Ibn-Málik (Ṣ, TA) Ibn-Fahm, (TA,) the king [of El-Heereh], (Ḳ,) was surnamed الأَبْرَشُ in allusion to his being أَبْرَص; (Ṣ, A, Ḳ;) the Arabs fearing to apply to him this latter epithet: (Ḳ:) or he was thus called because he was marked with black or red specks caused by a burn. (Kh.)

مَكَانٌ أَبْرَشُ A place of various colours, abounding in plants or herbage: (Ḳ:) and أَرْضٌ بَرْشَآءٌ, and سَنَةٌ بَرْشَآءُ, land, and a year, in which is abundance of herbage (Ks, Ḳ) of various colours; (Ks;) as also رَبْشَآءُ and رَمْشَآءُ. (TA.)