حشم

8 احتشم ذ : see 1. ― -b2- Also He felt, or had a sense of, or was moved or affected with, shame, or shyness, or bashfulness. (Msb.) احتشم مِنْهُ (S, Mgh, K) and عَنْهُ, (K,) and احتشمهُ, (S, Mgh,) or this last is not allowable except when مِنْ is meant to be understood, (TA,) signify the same; (S, Mgh;) i. e. He was ashamed of it, or abashed at him; or was ashamed to do it, or shy of doing it: (Mgh, K:) or it signifies, (Mgh,) or signifies also, (K,) he shrank from it, or him: (Mgh, K:) or, as some say, thus used it is vulgar; for حِشْمَةٌ, with the Arabs, is only anger: (Mgh:) but IB cites, from Kutheiyir, اـِنِّى مَتَى لَمْ يَكُنْ عَطَاؤُهُمَا عِنْدِى بِمَا قَدْ فَعَلْتُ أَحْتَشِمُ as meaning [ Verily I, when the gift of them two in my possession is not for what I have done, ] am ashamed, or abashed: and in a trad. of 'Alee, respecting the thief, occurs the saying, اـِنِّى لَأَحْتَشِمُ أَنْ لَا أَدَعَ لَهُ يَدًا, meaning Verily I am ashamed not to leave him a hand; and I shrink from it. (TA.) [And ↓ حَشَمَ app. signifies the same; for,] accord. to As, (TA,) [the inf. n.] حُشُومٌ signifies The act of shrinking. (K.) You say also, اـِنِّى مِنْهُ ↓ لَأَتَحَشَّمُ Verily I abstain from it, or refrain from it, to shun blame, or through disdain and pride; disdain, or scorn, it; (أَتَذَمَّمُ مِنْهُ;) and am ashamed of it. (K.) -A2- Also He was, or became, master of many حَشَم [or dependents &c.] and servants. (KL.)