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حشب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the anatomical features of animals, specifically the leg and joints of a horse. It describes parts of the leg, swelling, and the connection between bones.

Derived headwords

الحوشبnoun
  1. 1.
    Joint of the fetlockclassical

    The part of the fetlock joint in a horse's leg.

  2. 2.
    Swollen flankclassical

    Describing something as having swollen flanks.

حواشبnoun
  1. 1.
    Swollen flanksclassical

    Plural of 'hawshab', referring to swollen sides or flanks.

Parallel reading

الحوشب: موصل الوظيف في رسغ الدابة.
Al-Hawshab: the connection of the fetlock in the horse's pastern.
الحوشب: عظيم صغير كالسلامى في طرف الوظيف بين رأس الوظيف ومستقر الحافر يدخل في الجبة.
Al-Hawshab: a small bone like the sesamoid bone at the end of the fetlock, between the top of the fetlock and the hoof's resting place, entering the joint capsule.
في رسغ لا يتشكى الحوشبا
In a pastern that does not complain of the fetlock joint.
مستبطنا مع الصميم عصبا
Concealing a strong sinew with the core.
الحوشب: المنتفخ الجنبين.
Al-Hawshab: one who is swollen in the flanks.
وتجر مجرية لها لحمى إلى أجر حواشب
And it drags its course, having flesh towards a reward of swollen flanks.