Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

هَشَّ, aor. يَهِشُّ; (JK, TA;) or هَشَّ, secpers. هَشِشْتَ, aor. يَهَشُّ; (Mṣb;) inf. n. هَشَاشَةٌ (JK, A, Mṣb, TA) [and هُشُوشَةٌ and هُشُوشٌ and هَشٌّ, as appears from what follows]; It, (a thing) was, or became, soft, yielding, flaccid, flabby, lax, slack, uncompact, crummy, fragile, frangible, brittle, friable, easily or quickly broken; (JK, A, Mṣb, TA;) syn. كَانَ فِيهِ رَخَاوَةٌ, (JK,) or كَانَ رِخْوًا لَيِّنًا, (A,* TA,) or لَانَ وَٱسْتَرْخَى. (Mṣb.) You say, هَشَّ الخُبْزُ, aor. ـِ {يَهْشِشُ}, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) inf. n. هُشُوشَةٌ (Ḳ) and هَشٌّ, (TA,) meaning, صار هَشًّا; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) i. e., The bread became [soft, &c., or] easy to break. (TA.) And هَشَّ العُودُ, (IAạr, Mṣb,) aor. [ـِ, or] ـَ, (Mṣb,) inf. n. هُشُوشٌ, (IAạr, Mṣb,) The wood, or stick, broke in pieces: (IAạr:) or became easily or quickly broken. (Mṣb.) And هَشَّتِ الشَّجَرَةُ, inf. n. هَشٌّ, The tree dropped its leaves, one after another. (Mṣb [in which it seems to be indicated that the aor. of the verb in this sense is ـُ; but this is contr. to rule in an intrans. verb of this class; and I think it improbable.])

هَشَّ, inf. n. هُشُوشَةٌ, † He (a man) became weak; unable to endure difficulty or distress. (TA.) And هَشَّ,, aor. ـِ {يَهْشِشُ}, † He affected languor, or languidness; syn. تَكَسَّرَ: and he became old, or aged. (TA.)

هَشَّ, (Mṣb, Ḳ,) first pers. هَشِشْتُ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. يَهَشُّ; (Mṣb, Ḳ,) and هَشَّ, first pers. هَشَشْتُ, aor. يَهِشُّ; (Mṣb, Ḳ;) inf. n. هَشَاشَةٌ (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ) and هَشَاشٌ; (A, Ḳ;) ‡ He was, or became, cheerful, brisk, lively, or sprightly: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or he smiled, and was, or became cheerful, brisk, lively, or sprightly. (Mṣb.) You say, هَشِشْتُ بِفُلَانٍ, (Ṣ, TA,) and هَشَشْتُ بِهِ, (TA,) ‡ I was, or became, cheerful,, &c. in behaviour towards such a one: (Ṣ:) or I was, or became cheerful in countenance, or joyful, or pleased, at meeting with such a one. (TA.) And هُوَ يَهَشُّ إِلَى إِخْوَانِهِ, ‡ [He is cheerful,, &c., towards his brethren]. (A.) Andدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَٱهْتَشَّ↓ بِى ‡ [I went in to him, and he was cheerful,, &c., in his behaviour towards me]; like إِهْتَزَّ لى. (A,* TA.) And هَشِشْتُ لِلْمَعْرُوفِ, (JK, TA,*) and هَشَشْتُ, (TA,) inf. n. هَشَاشَةٌ (Ṣ) and هَشَاشٌ, (A,) ‡ I was, or became, cheerful, brisk,, &c., to do what was kind, or beneficent: (Ṣ,* TA:) or I desired to do it: (JK:) andإِهْتَشَشْتُ↓ للمعروف I was, or became, cheerful,, &c., and desirous, to do what was kind, or beneficent. (TA.) And هُوَ ذُو هَشَاشٍ إِلَى الخَيْرِ ‡ [He possesses cheerfulness, briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness, of disposition to do good]. (A.) Accord. to Sh, هَشِشْتُ signifies † He rejoiced, and desired; or was, or became, joyful, and desirous. (TA.) And the phrase هَشِشْتُ إِلَى ٱمْرَأَتِى, if correct, means either † I inclined towards my wife, or I was, or became, brisk, or sprightly, in disposition towards her. (Mgh.) And accord to ISd, هَشَاشُ القَوْمِ [so in the TA, but accord. to the JK هَشَاهِشُ,] † The people's being in a state of commotion, or agitation. (TA.)

هَشَّ الوَرَقَ, aor. ـُ {يَهْشُشُ}, (Ṣ, A, Ḳ,) and ـِ, (Ṣgh, Ḳ,) inf. n. هَشٌّ, (Ṣ,) He beat the leaves with a staff, or stick, in order that they might fall; (Ṣ, A, Ḳ;) as alsoهَشْهَشَهُ↓. (Z, TA.) It is said in the Ḳur, [xx. 19,] (Ṣ,) وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَى غَنَمِى [And I beat the leaves with it in order that they may fall upon my sheep, or goats]: (Ṣ, A:) or, accord. to Fr, and I beat the dry trees with it in order that their leaves may fall so that my sheep, or goats, may feed upon them; and so says Aṣ: (TA:) Lth says, that الهَشُّ signifies thy drawing towards thee a branch of a tree: and also, thy scattering its leaves towards thee with a staff, or stick: (JK,* TA:) but Az says, that the correct explanation is that given by Fr and Aṣ; not the former of the two explanations given by Lth. (TA.) [The verb also seems to have a similar application in a more extended sense; for it is said that] هَشَّ, aor. ـُ {يَهْشُشُ}, inf. n. هَشٌّ, signifies He (a man) assaulted (صَالَ) with his staff, or stick. (Mṣb.) You say also, هَشَّ الهَشِيمَ He broke in pieces the dry herbage or the like. (TA.)

هشّشهُ, (JK, Ḳ,) inf. n. تَهْشِيشٌ, (TA,) † He deemed him, or reckoned him, weak, or feeble, (JK, Ḳ,*) and soft, or gentle. (TA.)

‡ He, or it, rendered him brisk, lively, or sprightly; and joyful, glad, or happy: (Ḳ:) andاستهشّهُ↓ ‡ it (a thing, JK, TA) incited him, or excited him, to briskness, liveliness or sprightliness; syn. إِسْتَخَفَّهُ. (JK, Ḳ, TA.) You say,فُلَانٌ مَا يَسْتَهِشُّهُ↓ النَّعِيمُ ‡ [Such a one, weal, or welfare, does not excite him to briskness,, &c.] (A, TA.)

اهتشّ He was, or became, cheerful,, &c.: see 1, in two places.

هَشْهَشَهُ: see 1, latter part.

He moved, or put in motion, or into a state of commotion, him, or it. (IDrd, Ḳ.)

هَشٌّ A thing, (Ṣ, Mṣb,) or anything, (JK,) soft, yielding, flaccid, flabby, lax, slack, uncompact, crummy, fragile, frangible, brittle, friable, easily or quickly broken; (JK,* Ṣ,* A,* Mṣb, Ḳ,* TA;) syn. رِخْوٌ لَيِّنٌ; (Ṣ, A, Ḳ;) as alsoهَشِيشٌ↓. (JK, Ṣ, Ḳ.) You say, خُبْزٌ هَشٌّ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) andهَشَاشٌ↓, (Ḳ,) Bread that is [soft,, &c., or] easy to break. (TA.) And خُبْزَةٌ هَشَّةٌ A lump of dough, baked in a fire in the ground, that is dry, or hard: asserted by IḲṭṭ to have two contr. significations. (TA.) [But to this assertion it may be replied, that dry bread is easy to break.] And in like manner, أُتْرُجَّةٌ هَشَّةٌ A citron easy to break: or dry, or hard. (TA.) And عُودٌ هَشٌّ Wood, or a stick, that is easily, or quickly broken. (Mṣb.)

[Hence,] هُوَ هَشٌّ المَكْسِرِ, (JK, Ṣ, A, Ḳ,) or المَكْسَرِ, (TA, [but this is contr. to all the other authorities that I know,]) and المُكَسَّرِ, (TA,) ‡ He is easy, or compliant, when asked: (A:) or he is of easy nature, or disposition, (JK, Ṣ, Ḳ,) with respect to what is sought, or demanded, of him, of things needed: (Ṣ:) said in praise of a man (Ṣ, TA) when it means [lit.] that he is not one whose wood gives only a sound when one endeavours to produce fire from it; but said in dispraise of a man when it means [lit.] that he is one whose wood is weak. (TA.) [And in like manner] هَشِيشٌ↓ (Ḳ) andهَاشٌّ↓ (TA) signify ‡ One who rejoices, or is glad, when asked. (Ḳ, TA.) You say,هُوَ هَاشٌ↓ عِنْدَ السُّؤَالِ, andهَشِيشٌ↓, ‡ He is one who rejoices, or is glad, at being asked. (TA.)

[Hence also,] رَجُلٌ هَشٌّ, (TA,) or رَجُلٌ هَشٌّ إِلَى إِخْوَانِهِ, andهَاشٌّ↓, (JK,) ‡ A man who is cheerful, brisk, lively, or sprightly, in his behaviour towards his brethren. (JK, TA.) And رَجُلٌ هَشٌّ بَشٌّ ‡ A man who is cheerful, brisk, lively, or sprightly: (Ṣ:) or cheerful in countenance; pleasant [therein]. (Ṣ, TA in art. بش.) And أَنَا بِهِ هَشٌّ بَشٌّ ‡ I am cheerful, brisk, lively, or sprightly, in behaviour towards him; (Ḳ;) joyful; happy. (TA.) And رَجُلٌ هَشٌّ فُؤَادُهُ ‡ A man quick, or prompt, to do good. (Aṣ.) And فَرَشٌ هَشُّ العِنَانِ † [A horse that is brisk, lively, or sprightly; lit.,] light of rein. (TA.) And فَرَسٌ هَشٌّ ‡ A horse that sweats much; (JK, IF, Ḳ;) contr. of صَلُودٌ; (Ṣ;) or not صلود. (A.)

هَشُوشٌ † A ewe, or she-goat, abounding with milk. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

هَشِيشٌ Dry herbage, syn. هَشِيمٌ, (Ḳ, TA,) for the horses of the people of الأَسْيَاف [app. meaning the shores of 'Omán] in particular. (TA.)

See also هَشٌّ, in three places.

Also, † A man who is niggardly towards his family, or others, with respect to food; syn. مُحْتِرٌ. (TA.) [Thus it bears two contr. significations.]

هَشِيشَةٌ is thought by ISd to signify Leaves [app. beaten from a tree]. (TA.)

قِرْبَةٌ هَشَّاشَةٌ A water-skin from which the water flows by reason of its thinness. (Ḳ.)

هَشْهَشَةٌ † Motion; or commotion. (JK.) [هَشَاهِشُ is app. its pl.: see 1, next before هَشَّ الوَرَقَ.]

هَشْهَاشٌ ‡ Good in disposition; liberal, or bountiful. (IAạr, Ḳ.)

مُهَشْهِشَةٌ, in the copies of the Ḳ erroneously written مُتَهَشْهِشَة, (TA,) † A woman who manifests love to her husband, and rejoices in him. (Ḳ,* TA.)