نهش
1 نَهَشَهُ, (
S,
K,)
aor. ـَ (
K,)
inf. n. نَهْشٌ, (
S,)
i. q. نَهَسَهُ; (
S,
K;) i. e. He took it with his mouth to bite it and make a mark upon it without wounding it: [&c.:] (
TA:) or he took it (namely flesh or flesh-meat) with his fore teeth: (
S:) and so
accord. to some, ↓ انتهشهُ. (
S.) And It [a serpent or scorpion] bit him; or stung him;
syn. لَسَعَهُ: (
K:) you say, نَهَشَتُهُ الحَيَّةُ the serpent bit him. (
S.) And He (a dog,
TA) bit him, or it; (
K;) as also نَهَسَهُ. (
TA.) Or He took it with his [teeth that are called]
أَصْرَاس: whereas نَهَسَهُ signifies he took it with the extremities of the teeth: (
K:) or نَهْشٌ is less then نَهْسٌ; the latter signifying the taking, or reaching, with the mouth; but the former, the taking, or reaching, from a distance, like the نهش of the serpent. (
Lth,
TA.) [For other observations on these two verbs, see art. نهس.]
b2: نَهَشَهُ الدَّهْرُ فَاحْتَاجَ (
IAar,
S,
K) (
tropical:) Time, or fortune, bit him, so that he became in want. (
TA.)
b3: نَهَشَتْ وَجْهَهَا She (a woman) seized the flesh of her face with her nails. (
TA.)
b4: نَهَشَهُ also signifies (assumed
tropical:) He, or it, harassed, distressed, fatigued, or wearied him. (
IAth.)
b5: نُهِشَ,
inf. n. as above, (assumed
tropical:) He became emaciated, or lean: and أَعْضَادُنَا ↓ أُنْتُهِشَتْ (assumed
tropical:) our arms from the elbow upwards became emaciated: (
TA:) and نُهِشَتْ عَضُدَاهُ (assumed
tropical:) his arms from the elbow upwards became slender, (
ISh,
K, [but in the
CK دُقَّتا is put by mistake for دَقَّتَا]) and their flesh became little. (
ISh.) 8 إِنْتَهَشَ see 1, in the first and last sentences.
نَهْشٌ: see مَنُهُوشٌ.
نَهِشٌ: see مَنْهُوشٌ, in five places.
b2: As an
epithet applied to a camel,
i. q. نَمِشٌ, (Ibn-'Abbád,
K,) as explained in art. نمش. (Ibn-'Abbád,
TA.) نَهِيشٌ: see مَنْهُوشٌ.
مَنْهُوشٌ (assumed
tropical:) A man harassed. distressed, fatigued, or wearied: (
S,
IAth,
K:) (
tropical:) bitten by time, or fortune, so as to be in want, (
IAar,
S,
K,
TA,) (assumed
tropical:) and emaciated, or lean: or having little flesh, even if fat: or light; as also ↓ نَهْشٌ and ↓ نَهِشٌ and ↓ نَهِيشٌ. (
TA.) Applied to the pudendum muliebre, (assumed
tropical:) Having little flesh; as also ↓ نَهِشٌ. (
TA.) And in like manner, مَنْهُوشُ الفَخِذَيْنِ (assumed
tropical:) Emaciated, or lean, in the thighs. (
TA.) and مَنْهُوشُ القَدَمَيْن (assumed
tropical:) A man having little flesh upon the feet. (
IAar,
K.) And اليَدَيْنِ ↓ نَهِشُ (
tropical:) A man, (
TA,) or a beast of carriage, (
S,) light in the arms, or fore legs; (
S,
K,
TA;) as though from الحَيَّةِ ↓ نَهْشُ: (
S:) and so ↓ نَهِشُ القَوَائِمِ (
tropical:) light in the legs, (
K,
TA,) in passing along, and having little flesh upon them; (
TA;) as also ↓ نَهِشُ المُشَاشِ. (
S *
TA.) [But see also مُشَاشٌ.]
مُنْتَهِشَةٌ A woman scratching her face in affairtion or misfortune. (
K,
TA.) Such Mohammad cursed. (
TA.)
