عثو ند عثى

أَعْثَى ذ Having much hair; (S, K;) sometimes applied in this sense to a man. (S.) And Having a thick beard. (TA.) ― -b2- And The male hyena; (S, K;) as also ↓ عِثْيَانٌ: (S:) and [the fem.] عَثْوَاآءُ the female hyena; (S, K;) because of the abundance of her hair: (S:) and [the pl.] عُثْوٌ, and عُثْىٌ, a number of hyenas together. (TA.) ― -b3- [The fem.] عَثْوَاآءُ is also an appellation applied to An old woman. (S, TA.) ― -b4- And the masc. signifies also Thick, gross, or coarse, in size. (TA.) ― -b5- And Foolish, or stupid, (S, K,) heavy, or dull. (S.) ― -b6- And One whose colour inclines to blackness. (K.) ― -b7- And A colour [itself] that inclines to blackness: (K, TA:) or, accord. to the M, العثى [perhaps a mistranscription] signifies a colour inclining to blackness, with abundance of hair. (TA.)