أَبْرَشُ
Root: برش
Full Definition
2 [Hence,] i. q. أَبْرَصُ: fem. بَرْشَآءُ: pl. بُرْشٌ: [or rather, used allusively for أَبْرَصُ; for] Jedheemeh Ibn-Málik Ibn-Fahm, the king [of El-Heereh], was surnamed الأَبْرَشُ in allusion to his being أَبْرَص; the Arabs fearing to apply to him this latter epithet: or he was thus called because he was marked with black or red specks caused by a burn.
3 مَكَانٌ أَبْرَشُ A place of various colours, abounding in plants or herbage: and أَرْضٌ بَرْشَآءٌ, and سَنَةٌ بَرْشَآءُ, land, and a year, in which is abundance of herbage of various colours; as also رَبْشَآءُ and رَمْشَآءُ.
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