حَشًا

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حَشًا The contents of the belly: or a bowel, or an intestine, into which the food passes from the stomach; syn. مِعًى: pl. أَحْشَآءٌ: and حُشْوَةٌ and signify the bowels, or intestines; [like أَحْشَآءٌ;] syn. أَمْعَآءٌ: or these are called البَطْنِ and : or حشوة signifies all that is in the belly except the fat; so accord. to Az and Esh-Sháfi'ee: or, accord. to As, the place of the food, comprising the أَحْشَآء and the أَقْصَاب: [see also مَحْشًى:] الحَشَا is the name of all the places of the food: [see also, for other meanings, its dial. var. حَشًى, in art. حشى:] the word belongs to this art. and to art. حشى; the dual being حَشَوَانِ and حَشَيَانِ.

def.2 A side, region, quarter, or tract. You say, أَنَا فِى حَشَا فُلَانٍ I am in the quarter and protection of such a one: pl. as above. [See, again, حَشًى, in art. حشى.]

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