Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

حَنَشَ, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. ـِ {يَحْنِشُ}, (Mṣb, Ḳ,) He hunted, sought to catch or capture, or caught or captured, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) such animals as are hunted, &c., (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) or such as are termed أَحْنَاش, pl. of حَنَشٌ; (A;) as alsoاحنش↓. (TA.)

حَنَشَتْهُ الحَيَّةُ The serpent bit him. (A, TA.)

حَنَشٌ Anything that is hunted, or caught or captured, of birds or flying things, and of [or, accord. to the CK, this word “of” should be omitted here, as well as where it next occurs,] what are termed الهَوَامّ [venomous or noxious reptiles or the like, such as scorpions and serpents], (Ṣ, A, Mgh,* Mṣb, Ḳ,) and of what are termed حَشَرَاتُ الأَرْضِ, (Ḳ,) such as the hedgehog, and the [lizards of the kinds called] ضَبّ and وَرَل, and the [rat called] جُرَذ, and the common rat or mouse, and the serpent: (TA:) or any animal whose head resembles that of the serpent, (Lth, Mgh, Mṣb,* Ḳ,) of chameleons and of [the lizards called] سَوَامُّ أَبْرَصَ and the like: (Lth, Mgh,* Mṣb:*) or any creeping thing, of beasts and of birds or flying things: (Kr, TA:*) and the serpent: (Ṣ, Kr, A, Mgh, Ḳ:) or the viper: (Ṣ:) or a kind of white and thick serpent, like the ثُعْبَان, or larger; or the black kind thereof: (TA:) or a serpent that blows, but does not hurt: (Ḥam p. 626:) and the common fly: (Ibn-ʼAbbád, A, Ṣgh, Ḳ:) pl. أَحْنَاشٌ (Ṣ, A, Mgh, Ḳ) and حِنْشَانٌ. (A, TA.)

مَحْنُوشٌ Stung, or bitten, by what is termed حَنَش. (IAạr, Ḳ.)