حَشِيشٌ

Root: حش

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حَشِيشٌ Dry herbage; dry pasture, or fodder: of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ: what is fresh is not so called: but عُشْبٌ is applied to what is fresh and what is dry: this, says ISd, is the opinion of the generality of the lexicologists: some [he adds] assert that حشيش is green pasture or herbage, as well as dry: but he says that this is not correct; [and the like is said in the Msb;] for this word is properly applied to denote dryness and contraction: ISh says that it is applied to all herbs, or leguminous plants, fresh as well as dry; as also عَلَفٌ and خَلًى: Az says that when they use it unrestricted, the Arabs mean thereby حَلِىّ, [which is the herb called نَصِىّ when it has become dry and white,] in particular; and that this is the best kind of fodder; that horses thrive upon it, and it is one of the best pastures for camels, or for camels and sheep and goats; a good supply in years of scarcity: or it signifies cut herbage or pasture; and is of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ: the n. un. is with ة, signifying a fascicle, or wisp, of حَشيش: [and sometimes a herb of any kind: the pl. is حَشَائِشُ.]
2 [It is also applied, in the present day, to Hemp, used for its intoxicating property; both fresh and dry: app. what is termed حَشِيشُ الحَرَافِيشِ in the K, voce بَنْجٌ, q. v.: and also termed حَشِيشَةٌ الفَقَرَآءِ: see De Sacy's “ Chrest. Arabe, ”, see. ed., vol. i. pp. 210-283.
3 حَشِيشَةُ السُّلْطَانِ: see خَرْدَلٌ.]
4 حَشِيشٌ also signifies A child, or young one, that has dried up in the belly of its mother; and so حَشٌّ and مَحْشُوشٌ and أُحْشُوشٌ : or حُشٌّ [and the rest], a child, or young one, that perishes in the belly of its mother. It is said in a trad., فَأَلْقَتْ حشِيشًا And she cast forth a child, or young one, dried up. And you say, أَلْقَتْ وَلَدَهَا حَشِيشًا She cast forth her young one dried up.

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