حمس

1 حَمِسَ أحمس حمس , aor. حَمَسَ , (S, A, K,) inf. n. حَمَسٌ (S) and حَمَاسَةٌ, (Ham p. 2,) He was, or became, hard, firm, strong, strict, or rigorous, in religion, and in fight, (S, A, K,) and in courage, (TA,) and in an affair. (Ham p. 2) [See also 5.] ― -b2- (tropical:) It (an affair, or a case, TA) was, or became, severe, rigorous, distressful, or afflictive: (K, TA:) and (tropical:) it (war, or the clamour thereof, الوَغَى,) was, or became, hot, (A, TA,) or vehement. (TA.) ― -b3- حَمَسَ, aor. حَمِسَ , inf. n. حَمْسٌ, He (a man) was, or became, courageous. (Sb, TA.)