شرس

أَشْرَسُ ذ : see شَرِسٌ. Hence, (O,) الأَشْرَسُ The lion; (O, K;) as also ↓ الشَّرِسُ, (O,) or ↓ الشَّرِيسُ; (K;) because of his evil disposition. (O.) ― -b2- And Bold, or daring, in fight: (O, K:) or this is a mistranscription for أَشْوَسُ, mentioned in the T as having this meaning. (TA.) ― -b3- Also i. q. أَفَظُّ [ More, and most, evil in disposition or illnatured &c.]. (TA in art. فظ.) ― -b4- عَثَرَ بِأَشْرَسِ الدَّهْرِ, meaning (assumed tropical:) [ He stumbled upon, or chanced to meet with, ] hardship, calamity, or adversity: a prov. (O, K. [In Meyd (and so in Freytag's Arab. Prov., ii. 96,) الدَّهْرِ ↓ عَثَرْنَا بِشِرْسِ, and expl. as lit. meaning the trees called شِرْس.]) ― -b5- See also شَرْسٌ.