Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

شَمَاسٌ

Root: شمس

Full Definition

شَمَاسٌ The disposition, in a horse, of refusing to be ridden, or mounted.
2 [And hence,] The disposition, in a woman, of abstaining from looking at men, and from exciting their desire: a subst. from شَمَسَتٌ.


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