هش

1 هَشَّ ذ , aor. يَهِشُّ; (JK, TA;) or هَشَّ, secpers. هَشِشْتَ, aor. يَهَشُّ; (Msb;) inf. n. هَشَاشَةٌ (JK, A, Msb, TA) [and هُشُوشَةٌ and هُشُوشٌ and هَشٌّ, as appears from what follows]; It, (a thing) was, or became, soft, yielding, flaccid, flabby, lax, slack, uncompact, crummy, fragile, frangible, brittle, friable, easily or quickly broken; (JK, A, Msb, TA;) syn. كَانَ فِيهِ رَخَاوَةٌ, (JK,) or كَانَ رِخْوًا لَيِّنًا, (A, * TA,) or لَانَ وَا@سْتَرْخَى. (Msb.) You say, هَشَّ الخُبْزُ, aor. هَشِ3َ , (S, K,) inf. n. هُشُوشَةٌ (K) and هَشٌّ, (TA,) meaning, صار هَشًّا; (S, K;) i. e., The bread became [ soft, &c., or] easy to break. (TA.) And هَشَّ العُودُ, (IAar, Msb,) aor. [ هَشِ3َ , or] هَشَ3َ , (Msb,) inf. n. هُشُوشٌ, (IAar, Msb,) The wood, or stick, broke in pieces: (IAar:) or became easily or quickly broken. (Msb.) And هَشَّتِ الشَّجَرَةُ, inf. n. هَشٌّ, The tree dropped its leaves, one after another. (Msb [in which it seems to be indicated that the aor. of the verb in this sense is هَشُ3َ ; but this is contr. to rule in an intrans. verb of this class; and I think it improbable.]) ― -b2- هَشَّ, inf. n. هُشُوشَةٌ, (assumed tropical:) He (a man) became weak; unable to endure difficulty or distress. (TA.) And هَشَّ, aor. هَشِ3َ , (assumed tropical:) He affected languor, or languidness; syn. تَكَسَّرَ: and he became old, or aged. (TA.) -A2- هَشَّ, (Msb, K,) first pers. هَشِشْتُ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. يَهَشُّ; (Msb, K,) and هَشَّ, first pers. هَشَشْتُ, aor. يَهِشُّ; (Msb, K;) inf. n. هَشَاشَةٌ (S, Msb, K) and هَشَاشٌ; (A, K;) (tropical:) He was, or became, cheerful, brisk, lively, or sprightly: (S, K:) or he smiled, and was, or became cheerful, brisk, lively, or sprightly. (Msb.) You say, هَشِشْتُ بِفُلَانٍ, (S, TA,) and هَشَشْتُ بِهِ, (TA,) (tropical:) I was, or became, cheerful, &c. in behaviour towards such a one: (S:) or I was, or became cheerful in countenance, or joyful, or pleased, at meeting with such a one. (TA.) And هُوَ يَهَشُّ اـِلَى اـِخْوَانِهِ, (tropical:) He is cheerful, &c., towards his brethren ]. (A.) And بِى ↓ دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَا@هْتَشَّ (tropical:) [ I went in to him, and he was cheerful, &c., in his behaviour towards me ]; like اـِهْتَزَّ لى. (A, * TA.) And هَشِشْتُ لِلْمَعْرُوفِ, (JK, TA, *) and هَشَشْتُ, (TA,) inf. n. هَشَاشَةٌ (S) and هَشَاشٌ, (A,) (tropical:) I was, or became, cheerful, brisk, &c., to do what was kind, or beneficent: (S, * TA:) or I desired to do it: (JK:) and ↓ اـِهْتَشَشْتُ للمعروف I was, or became, cheerful, &c., and desirous, to do what was kind, or beneficent. (TA.) And هُوَ ذُو هَشَاشٍ اـِلَى الخَيْرِ (tropical:) [ He possesses cheerfulness, briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness, of disposition to do good ]. (A.) Accord. to Sh, هَشِشْتُ signifies (assumed tropical:) He rejoiced, and desired; or was, or became, joyful, and desirous. (TA.) And the phrase هَشِشْتُ اـِلَى ا@مْرَأَتِى, if correct, means either (assumed tropical:) I inclined towards my wife, or I was, or became, brisk, or sprightly, in disposition towards her. (Mgh.) And accord to ISd, هَشَاشُ القَوْمِ [so in the TA, but accord. to the JK هَشَاهِشُ,] (assumed tropical:) The people's being in a state of commotion, or agitation. (TA.) -A3- هَشَّ الوَرَقَ, aor. هَشُ3َ , (S, A, K,) and هَشِ3َ , (Sgh, K,) inf. n. هَشٌّ, (S,) He beat the leaves with a staff, or stick, in order that they might fall; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ هَشْهَشَهُ. (Z, TA.) It is said in the Kur, [xx. 19,] (S,) وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَى غَنَمِى [ And I beat the leaves with it in order that they may fall upon my sheep, or goats ]: (S, A:) or, accord. to Fr, and I beat the dry trees with it in order that their leaves may fall so that my sheep, or goats, may feed upon them; and so says As: (TA:) Lth says, that الهَشُّ signifies thy drawing towards thee a branch of a tree: and also, thy scattering its leaves towards thee with a staff, or stick: (JK, * TA:) but Az says, that the correct ex- planation is that given by Fr and As; not the former of the two explanations given by Lth. (TA.) [The verb also seems to have a similar application in a more extended sense; for it is said that] هَشَّ, aor. هَشُ3َ , inf. n. هَشٌّ, signifies He (a man) assaulted (صَالَ) with his staff, or stick. (Msb.) You say also, هَشَّ الهَشِيمَ He broke in pieces the dry herbage or the like. (TA.)