حمش

1 حَمِشَ ذ , (A, K,) aor. حَمَشَ , inf. n. حَمْشٌ and حَمَشٌ, (K,) He (a man) became slender in the shanks. (A, K.) ― -b2- حَمِشَ عُظَيْمُ سَاقِهِ, aor. حَمَشَ ; (Msb;) and حَمِشَتْ قَوَائِمُهُ, or حَمَشَتْ; (accord. to different copies of the S;) and حَمِشَتِ السَّاقُ, inf. n. حَمْشٌ; (so in a copy of the A;) or حَمَشَتِ السَّاقُ, aor. حَمِشَ ; (K;) and حَمُشَت, (Lh, A, K,) aor. حَمُشَ , inf. n. حُمُوشَةٌ (A, K) and حَمَاشةٌ, (TA,) The small bone of his shank, (Msb,) and his legs, (S,) and the shank (A, K) of a woman, (A,) became slender. (S, A, Msb, K) And the like is said, metaphorically, of the whole body. (TA.) You say also, الوَتَرُ ↓ استحمش The bow-string became slender: and its being so is better. (TA.)