Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

قَسَحَ, aor. ـَ {يَقْسَحُ}, inf. n. قَسَاحَةٌ and قُسُوحَةٌ, It was, or became, hard, firm, or tough. (Ṣ, [in two copies belonging to me, but omitted in a third,] K.)

And قَسَحَ He twisted a rope. (Ḳ.)

Also, aor. as above, inf. n. قُسُوحٌ, (TA,) andأَقسح↓ (in some copies of the Ḳاقتسح↓, TA,) He (a man) was much, or frequently, excited by vehement lust: (Ṣ, [in two copies belonging to me, but omitted in a third,] K:) or was excited by vehement lust. (TA.)

قاسَحَهُ He treated him with dryness and hardness, or niggardliness; syn. يَابَسَهُ. (L, Ḳ.)

قَسَحٌ, (Ḳ,) andقُسُوحٌ↓, andقَسَاحٌ↓, (TA,) Dryness, syn. يُبْسٌ;

or the remains of vehement lust, (Ḳ,) or its continuance, or its intenseness. (L.)

قَاسِحٌ A hard and strong spear. (TA.)

A thick or coarse garment, syn. غَلِيظٌ. (Ḳ.)

Also, andقُسَاحٌ↓, andمَقْسُوحٌ↓, A man in a state of excitement, or frequently in a state of excitement, by vehement lust. ISd knows no way of accounting for the last of these epithets but by supposing it to be used for the act. part. n., like مَأْتِيًّا in the Ḳur, xix, 62, for آتِيًا. (TA.)

قُسَاحٌ: see قَاسِحٌ

[You say also]إِنَّهُ لَقُسَاحٌ مَقْسُوح↓ (T, Ḳ) Verily he is dry or hard. (TA.)