حُسْوَةٌ
Root: حسو
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حُسْوَةٌ
A sup, or sip; i. e. a small quantity of what is supped, or sipped: or as much as is supped, or sipped, (يُحْسَى,) at once: or a mouthful of what is supped, or sipped; and some say that
حَسْوَةٌ is a dial. var.; but others, that this is an Verbal.Noun [of un.]: pl. حُسًى [for an ex. of which see 4] and حُسْوَاتٌ or حُسَوَاتٌ or حُسُوَاتٌ and [of pauc.] أَحْسِيَةٌ and أَحْسِوَةٌ [in some copies of the K, erroneously, أَحْسُوَةٌ], and pl. pl. أَحَاسِى [or rather أَحَاسٍ], which ISd thinks to be rather a pl. of
حَسَآءٌ , contr. to rule. You say, فِى الإِنَآءِ حُسْوَةٌ [In the vessel is a sup, or sip]. See also حَسْوَةٌ.
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