نهس

1 نَهَسَهُ ذ , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. نَهَسَ (Msb, K, MS) and نَهِسَ ; (Msb;) and نَهِسَهُ, aor. نَهَسَ ; (Fr, K;) inf. n. نَهْسٌ (S, Msb, TA) and نُهْسٌ; (TA;) He (a man, S, Msb) took it (namely flesh or flesh-meat) with his fore teeth, (S, A, Msb, K,) to eat it, (Msb,) and plucked it off; (A, K;) as also ↓ انتهسهُ: (S:) and he ate it off from a bone (تَعَرَّقَهُ) with his fore teeth: (Lh, TA:) or he pulled it off with the central incisors, to eat it: (TA:) and he took it with the fore part of his mouth; as also ↓ انتهسهُ: (A:) or he took it with his mouth: (IAth, TA:) or he took it with his mouth to bite it and make a mark upon it without wounding it: (TA, art. نهش:) and he (a dog, and any animal having a canine tooth,) bit it: or seized it, and then pulled it, or pulled it vehemently, or rent it with his teeth: but there is a difference of opinion respecting this verb in all its significations: some say that it is with the unpointed س; and thus, only, it is mentioned by ISk, who says, I heard El-Kilábee say, of a dog and of a wolf and of a serpent, ↓ انتهسهُ and نَهَسَهُ; (Msb;) [and J says, the نَهْس of the serpent is the same as its نَهْش; (S;) you say نَهَسَتْهُ الحَيَّةُ in the sense of نَهَشَتْهُ [ the serpent bit him ]: (Z, Sgh:) others say that the verbs are with س and ش throughout; and thus says IF on the authority of As: Az cites Lth as saying that نَهْشٌ, with the pointed ش, signifies taking, or reaching, from a distance, like the نهش of the serpent; and نَهْسٌ, with the unpointed letter, the seizing upon flesh, or flesh-meat, and pulling it, or pulling it vehemently, or rending it with the teeth: Th says that the latter is with the extremities of the teeth; and the former, with the teeth [absolutely], and with [those that are termed] the أَضْرَاس: IKoot says, like Lth, that one says of the serpent (الحَيَّة), نَهَشَتْهُ, with the pointed ش; and of the dog and wolf and hyena, نَهَسَهُ, with the unpointed letter. (Msb.)