Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

حَمِشَ, (A, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَحْمَشُ}, inf. n. حَمْشٌ and حَمَشٌ, (Ḳ,) He (a man) became slender in the shanks. (A, Ḳ.)

حَمِشَ عُظَيْمُ سَاقِهِ, aor. ـَ {يَحْمَشُ}; (Mṣb;) and حَمِشَتْ قَوَائِمُهُ, or حَمَشَتْ; (accord. to different copies of the Ṣ;) and حَمِشَتِ السَّاقُ, inf. n. حَمْشٌ; (so in a copy of the A;) or حَمَشَتِ السَّاقُ, aor. ـِ {يَحْمِشُ}; (Ḳ;) and حَمُشَت, (Lḥ, A, Ḳ,) aor. ـُ {يَحْمُشُ}, inf. n. حُمُوشَةٌ (A, Ḳ) and حَمَاشةٌ, (TA,) The small bone of his shank, (Mṣb,) and his legs, (Ṣ,) and the shank (A, Ḳ) of a woman, (A,) became slender. (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ) And the like is said, metaphorically, of the whole body. (TA.) You say also,استحمش↓ الوَتَرُ The bow-string became slender: and its being so is better. (TA.)

أَحْمَشُ السَّاقَيْنِ Slender in the shanks, applied to a man; (Ṣ, Ḳ) as alsoحَمْشُ↓ الساقين, (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) andحَمِيشُهُمَا↓: (TA:) and soحَمْشةُ↓ الساقين, applied to a woman. (A.) Andحَمْشُ↓ الخِلْقَةِ ‡ Slender in make, applied to a man. (TA.) أَحْمَشُ also signifies Slender, applied to the small bone of the shank: (Mṣb:) and so حَمْشَآءُ [the fem.], andحَمْشَةٌ↓, andحَمِيشَةٌ↓, applied to the shank (سَاق), and to the fore arm (ذِرَاع), and to the legs (قَوَائِم): and [the pls.] حُمْشٌ (TA) and حِمَاشٌ, (Ḳ,) applied to shanks (سُوق): (Ḳ, TA:) andحَمِشٌ↓, andحَمْشٌ↓, andمُسْتَحْمِشٌ↓, applied to a bow-string; (Ḳ,* TA;) the last on the authority of Ibráheem El-Ḥarbee; (TA;) and each of the last three epithets with ة added, applied to bow-strings. (Ḳ,* TA.) You say alsoلِثَةٌ حَمِشَةٌ↓ A gum having little flesh: (Ḳ:) or a thin gum. (TA.)