biting, tearing, mangling

, (S, K,) aor. , (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 فَٱحْتَاجَ (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.)

see 1, in the first and last sentences.

: see مَنُهُوشٌ.

: 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.)

: see 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 القَوَايأِمِ (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.]

A woman scratching her face in affairtion or misfortune. (K, TA.) Such Mohammad cursed. (TA.)