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حشو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 احتشى ذ It (a thing) became filled [or stuffed; as also ↓ انحشى]. (K.) And in like manner you say of a man, احتشى مِنَ الطَّعَامِ He became filled [or stuffed ] with food. (TA.) And اِحْتَشَتِ الرُّمَّانَةُ بِالحَبِّ The pomegranate became filled with the grains, or seeds. (TA.) ― -b2- اِحْتَشَتْ She (a مُسْتَحَاضَة) stuffed her vulva (نَفْسَهَا) with the [ rags termed ] مَفَارِم [in the CK, erroneously, مَقَارِم], (K, TA,) and the like: and in a similar sense احتشى is used as said of a man having the [disorder termed] اـِبْرِدَة. (TA.) And اِحْتَشَتْ بِالكُرْسُفِ (S, Mgh, TA) and الكُرْسُفَ (Mgh, TA) She (a حَائِض, S, Mgh) stuffed her vulva with cotton, (Mgh, TA,) to arrest the blood. (S.) ― -b3- اِحْتَشَتْ حَشِيَّةً and بِحَشِيَّةٍ She (a woman) wore a حَشِيَّة; (IAar, K;) as also ↓ تَحَشَّتْ [alone]. (Az, TA in art. حشى.) A poet says, لَا تَحْتَشِى اـِلَّا الصَّمِيمَ الصَّادِقَا [ She will not wear any stuffing but that which is genuine and true ]: meaning that she will not wear حَشَايَا because the largeness of her posteriors renders it needless for her to do so. (IAar, TA.)

Derived headwords

احتشىverb
  1. 1.
احتشى مِنَ الطَّعَامِ
الرُّمَّانَةُ بِالحَبِّ
لَا تَحْتَشِى اـِلَّا الصَّمِيمَ الصَّادِقَا