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حُشَاشَةٌ

Root: حش

Full Definition

حُشَاشَةٌ The [last] remains of the spirit in the heart, [or of life;] in a sick man, and in one who is wounded; as also حُشَاشٌ , the ة being sometimes elided.
2 And Any remains, or relic. You say, مَا بَقِىَ مِنَ المُرُوْءَةِ إِلَّا حُشَاشَةٌ تَتَرَدَّدُ فِى أَحْشَآءِ مُحْتَضَرٍ [There remained not, of manliness, save a last relic going to and fro, or wavering, in the entrails of one at the point of death]. And مَا بَقِىَ مِنَ الشَّمْسِ إِلَّا حُشَاشَةٌ نَازِعٌ [There remained not, of the sun, save a last departing relic].


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