شهم

شَيْهَمٌ ذ The دُلْدُل [q. v., i. e. hedge-hog; or a certain species of hedge-hog; &c.]: (K:) [see also the last sentence of this paragraph:] and, (K,) or accord. to AZ, (TA,) the male hedge-hog: (S, K, TA:) or such as has large prickles or spines, of male hedge-hogs, (K, TA,) and the like. (TA.) عَلَى ظَهْرِ شَيْهَمٍ, occurring in a verse of El-Aashà, is said by AO to mean (assumed tropical:) In a state of fright, or fear. (TA.) ― -b2- شَيْهَمَةٌ An old woman: (K:) or, accord. to IAar, a hedge-hog. (TA.)