أَحْرَشُ

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أَحْرَشُ Anything rough, harsh, or coarse; as also حَرِشٌ , on the authority of AHn, and thought by Az to be a possessive epithet, [meaning having roughness, &c., from حَرَشٌ or حُرْشَةٌ,] because he had not heard any verb belonging to it: or the former is applied to a ضَبّ, signifying rough; or rough in the skin, as though notched, or serrated: and in like manner, its fem., حَرْشَآءُ, to a serpent (حَيَّة), signifying rough; or rough in the skin: and the masc. to a deenár, signifying rough by reason of its newness; good, rough, recently coined; having upon it the roughness of the stamp: pl. حُرُشٌ [and حُرْشٌ]: and to a camel, signifying whose galls, or sores, on his back have healed, or become covered with a skin in healing: and the fem., above mentioned, is applied to a she-camel, signifying, having the mange, or scab, and not smeared [with tar]; she being so called because of the roughness of her skin: and to a نُقْبَة [or scab], signifying having small pustules, not smeared [with tar].

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