nakhshūsh

gill, branchia

نَخْشُوش

Word

Noun · pattern نَفْعُول

Root

خ ش ش

Forms

Plural
نَخاشِيش

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • خَشَّ فِيهِ Form I He (a man) entered into it
    , (S, K,) aor. , (JM,) [vulgarly, and irregularly, ,] inf. n. خَشٌّ, (TA,) He (a man) entered into it; (S, K;) namely, a thing; (S;) as also ↓ انخشّ; (K, A, TA;) and ↓ خَشْخَشَ, (TA,) inf. n. خَشْخَشَةٌ; (K, TA;) and in like manner, into a collection of trees, and a company of people: (A, * TA:) or فِيهِ ↓ خَشْخَشَ, (IDrd,) and فيه ↓ تَخَشْخَشَ, (IDrd, K,) he entered into it, (namely, a thing, IDrd, or a collection of trees, K, and in like manner a company of men, TA,) so as to become hidden, or concealed: (IDrd, K:) and خَشَّ, he (a man) went, or went away, or advanced, [into a thing,] and penetrated. (TA.) -A2- Hence, (TA,) خَشَّ البَعِيرَ (S, K,) aor. , [agreeably with general rule in this case,] inf. n. خَشٌّ, (S,) He put into the camel's nose the thing termed خِشَاش; (S, K;) as also ↓ أَخَشَّ. (Zj, K.) ― -b2- And hence the saying in a trad., خُشُّوا بَيْنَ كَلَامِكُمْ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللّٰهُ, meaning, (assumed tropical:) Introduce ye, or insert ye, in your speech the words There is no deity but God. (TA.) And ↓ خَشْخَشَهُ likewise signifies He introduced, or inserted, him or it. (TA.) ― -b3- Also خَشَّهُ, aor. and inf. n. as above, He pierced him, or stabbed him. (TA.)
  • أَخْشَ3َ Form IV Open entry
    see خَشَّ البَعِيرَ.
  • إِنْخَشَ3َ Form VII Open entry
    see خَشَّ فِيهِ.
  • اختشّ مِنَ الأَرْضِ Form VIII He ate of the خِشَاش of the earth
    He ate of the خِشَاش of the earth. (TA.)
  • خَشْخَشَ He caused it to make a sound such as is described below, voce
    : see خَشَّ فِيهِ, in two places. -A2- خَشْخَشَهُ: see 1, last signification but one. -A3- Also He caused it to make a sound such as is described below, voce خَشْخَشَةٌ. (S, TA. *) See an ex. in the next paragraph.
  • تَخَشْخَشَ It made a sound
    : see خَشَّ فِيهِ. -A2- Also It made a sound (S, K) such as is described below, voce خَشْخَشَةٌ. (S.) 'Alkameh Ibn-'Abadeh says, " تَخَشْخَشَ أَبْدَانُ الحَدِيدِ عَلَيْهِمُ يَبْسَ الحَصَادِ جَنُوبُ ↓ كَمَا خَشْخَشَتُ " [The short coats of mail of iron rustled upon them, like as when a south wind has caused to rustle the dry reaped corn]. (S.)
  • خَشٌّ Open entry
    : see مَخْشُوشٌ.
  • خَشَاشٌ Open entry
    : see خِشَاشٌ; for the former, in three places.
  • خُشَاشٌ Open entry
    : see خِشَاشٌ; for the former, in three places.
  • خِشَاشٌ wooden thing that is inserted in the bone of the nose of the camel
    The wooden thing that is inserted in the bone of the nose of the camel, (S, A, K,) to which the nose-rein is tied, in order that he may be quickly submissive: (TA:) the بُرَة is of brass, (S, TA,) or of silver; (TA;) and the خِزَامَة is of hair: (S:) or the thing that is put in the nose; and the برة is the thing that is put in the flesh: (Lh:) or what is in the bone, when it is wood, or a stick; and the عِرَان is what is in the flesh, above the nose: (As:) a wooden thing, or stick, that is put in the bone of the nose of the camel: (Msb:) n. un. with ة: (S, Msb:) pl. أَخِشَّةٌ. (A, Msb.) [Hence the saying,] جَعَلَ الخِشَاشَ فِى أَنْفِهِ وَقَادَهُ إِلَى الطَّاعَةِ بِعُنْفِهِ (tropical:) [He put the خشاش in his nose, and drew him to obedience by his violence]. (A, TA.) [And hence, also,] it signifies غَضَبٌ, (IAar, K,) as used in the saying, حَرَّكَ خِشَاشَهُ, [lit., He put in motion his خِشَاش: meaning, (assumed tropical:) he roused, or excited, his anger; or] he made him angry. (IAar.) -A2- الخِشَاشُ, and ↓ الخَشَاشُ, (S, K,) the latter form being sometimes used, (S,) which indicates that the former is the more chaste, but, accord. to MF, several authorities say the contrary, (TA,) and ↓ الخُشَاشُ, (K,) or الأَرْضِ ↓ خَشَاشُ, (A 'Obeyd, Msb,) and خِشَاشُ الأَرْضِ, (Msb,) The creeping things of the earth: n. un. with ة, which is syn. with الحَشَرَةُ and الهَامَّةُ: (Msb:) the حَشَرَات (A' Obeyd, S, K) of the earth, (A' Obeyd, K,) and its هَوَامّ, and [other] creeping things, (A 'Obeyd,) such as sparrows and the like: (A 'Obeyd, K: *) or خِشَاشُ الأَرْضِ, and الطَّيْرِ, signify the small ones of beasts or creeping things [of the earth], and of birds: (A:) IAar is related to have said that it is ↓ خِشْخَاشٌ, contr. to what is said by the lexicologists in general: and these things are said to have their appellation from their entering into the earth and concealing themselves; but this assertion is not valid: (ISd:) in a trad., for من خشاش الارض, one relation substitutes ↓ مِنْ خَشِيشِهَا, which has the same meaning: and some say that it is ↓ خُشَيْش, a contracted dim. of خشاش; or ↓ خُشَيِّش, without contraction: (TA:) and ↓ الخَشَاشُ signifies the bad [meaning ignoble] kinds of birds; this being with fet-h only: (As:) or birds that do not prey: (IAar, TA voce عُقَابٌ:) خِشَاشٌ, with kesr, also signifies the serpent of the mountain; which does not suffer one to survive; and the أَفْعَى is the serpent of the plain; (El-Fak'asee, K;) which like wise does not suffer one to survive: (K:) or a great and abominable ثُعْبَان: or a serpent like the أَرْقَم, but smaller: or a small, tawny serpent, smaller than the ارقم: (TA:) or a white serpent, which seldom hurts, between the حُفَّاث and the ارقم: (Aboo-Kheyreh:) or such as is light, or active, and small in the head, of serpents: explained also as signifying the serpent, without restriction: (TA:) and, (K,) or as some say, (TA,) such as has no power of defence, [مَا لَا دِفَاعَ لَهُ, as in the CK and a MS copy of the K, for which we find in some copies of the K, and in the TA, ما لا دِمَاغَ لَهُ such as has no brains, which is doubtless a mistake,] of beasts or creeping things of the earth, and of birds, (K,) such as the ostrich, and the [bustard called] حُبَارَى, and the كَرَوَان [or stonecurlew], and [the bird called] مُلَاعِبُ ظِلِّهِ, and the [harmless kinds of] serpent: (TA:) or what is small in the head, and slender, of beasts or creeping things: and the kite; and [the bird called] مُلَاعِبُ ظِلِّهِ: (Aboo-Muslim:) the pl. is خشّآء [app. خُشَّآءُ, originally خُشَشَآءُ, unless a mistake for أَخِشَّآءُ, originally أَخْشِشَآءُ]. (TA.)
  • خَشِيشٌ Open entry
    , and خُشَيْشٌ, and خُشَيِّشٌ: see خِشَاشٌ.
  • خُشَّآءٌ bone which is protuberant behind the ear
    The bone which is protuberant behind the ear, (S, Msb, K,) and which is thin, and bare of hair: (TA:) originally خُشَشَآءُ, (S, Msb, K,) of the measure فُعَلَآءُ; (S;) [but masc., and perfectly decl., as being quasi-coordinate to قُرْطَاسٌ, whereas the original is fem., and imperfectly decl.; (see قُوَبَآءُ;)] like قُوْبَآءٌ, which is originally قُوَبَآءُ; (S, Msb;) and these two words are the only instances of their kind: (ISk, Msb:) dual خُشَشَاوَان. (S, K.)

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