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حشم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

حِشْمَةٌ ذ Anger. (As, S, Mgh, Msb, TA.) ― -b2- And Shame, shyness, bashfulness, or pudency; (S, Msb, K;) and a shrinking (Lth, Mgh, K, TA) from one's brother in a place of eating, and in seeking, or requesting, a thing that one wants. (Lth, Mgh, TA.) It has been asserted, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) on the authority of As, (Msb, TA,) that it signifies only “anger:” (Mgh, Msb, TA:) but several authors have refuted this assertion, by showing that it occurs in trads. as meaning “shame.” (MF, TA.) ― -b3- Also The act of annoying a person sitting with one, and saying to him what he dislikes; and so ↓ حُشْمَةٌ. (K.)

Derived headwords

حِشْمَةٌ
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