prickly pear

, aor. , inf. n. بَرَشٌ, i. q. بَرِصَ, aor. , inf. n. بَرَصٌ: (Msb:) [or rather, used allusively for the latter verb: see أَبْرَشُ. See also بَرَشٌ, below.]

, inf. n. إِبْرشَاشٌ, He (a horse) was, or became, marked with small specks, called بَرَش, differing from the rest of his colour. (S.)

, in the hair of a horse, Small specks, differing from the rest of the colour; (S, K;) as also ↓ بُرْشَةٌ: (K:) or both signify a colour in which one speck is red and another black or dustcoloured or the like. (TA.) ― -b2- And hence, (T-A,) the former, (A, TA,) or ↓ both (K,) A whiteness that appears upon the nails. (Ibráheem El-Harbee, A, K.) ― -b3- And the former, White specks in the skin. (A.) ― -b4- [See also 1.]

: see بَرَشٌ, in two places.

: see أَبْرَشُ.

, applied to a horse, (S, K,) or to one of the sort termed بِرْذَون, (Lh,) Marked with the small speaks termed بَرَش; (Lh, S, K;) as also ↓ بَرِيشٌ. (K.) Also, شَاةٌ بَرْشَآءُ A ewe, or she-goat, marked with specks of various colours. (TA.) And حَيَّةٌ بَرْشَآءُ A serpent black speckled with white, or white speckled with black. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] i. q. أَبْرَصُ: fem. بَرْشَآءُ: pl. بُرْشٌ: (Msb:) [or rather, used allusively for أَبْرَصُ; for] Jedheemeh (S, A, K) Ibn-Málik (S, TA) Ibn-Fahm, (TA,) the king [of El-Heereh], (K,) was surnamed الأَبْرَشُ in allusion to his being أَبْرَص; (S, A, K;) the Arabs fearing to apply to him this latter epithet: (K:) or he was thus called because he was marked with black or red specks caused by a burn. (Kh.) ― -b3- مَكَانٌ أَبْرَشُ A place of various colours, abounding in plants or herbage: (K:) and أَرْضٌ بَرْشَآءٌ, and سَنَةٌ بَرْشَآءُ, land, and a year, in which is abundance of herbage (Ks, K) of various colours; (Ks;) as also رَبْشَآءُ and رَمْشَآءُ. (TA.)