حسو

حُسْوَةٌ حس حسا حسو حسوه حسوة A sup, or sip; i. e. a small quantity of what is supped, or sipped: (K:) or as much as is supped, or sipped, (يُحْسَى,) at once: (S:) or a mouthful of what is supped, or sipped; and some say that ↓ حَسْوَةٌ is a dial. var.; but others, that this is an inf. n. [of un.]: (Msb:) pl. حُسًى [for an ex. of which see 4] (Msb, TA) and حُسْوَاتٌ or حُسَوَاتٌ or حُسُوَاتٌ (Msb) and [of pauc.] أَحْسِيَةٌ and أَحْسِوَةٌ [in some copies of the K, erroneously, أَحْسُوَةٌ], and pl. pl. أَحَاسِى [or rather أَحَاسٍ], (K,) which ISd thinks to be rather a pl. of ↓ حَسَاآءٌ, contr. to rule. (TA.) You say, فِى الاـِنَاآءِ حُسْوَةٌ [ In the vessel is a sup, or sip ]. (S, Msb.) See also حَسْوَةٌ.