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1 خَمَشَهُ ذ , (S, A, K,) aor خَمِشَ (S, Msb, K) and خَمُشَ , (S, K,) inf. n. خَمْشٌ, (Msb,) He scratched it, namely, the face, with the nails, so as to cause bleeding or not; syn. خَدَشَهُ: (S, * A, K:) only used in relation to the face: (A:) or also used in relation to the rest of the person: (TA:) and ↓ خمّشهُ , inf. n. تَخْمِيشٌ, signifies the same: (TA:) [or denotes intensiveness, or muchness, like خَدَّشَهُ.] And خَمَشَتِ المَرْأَةُ وَجَهَهَا بِظُفْرَهَا The woman wounded the exterior of the scarf-skin of her face with her nail. (Msb.) One says also, by way of imprecation, خَمْشًا [May thy, or his, or her, face be scratched]; like as one says جَدْعًا and قَطْعًا. (TA.) ― -b2- He slapped it; namely, the face. (A, K.) ― -b3- He beat him, or it, (K, TA,) with a staff, or stick. (TA.) ― -b4- He cut off from him a limb, or member. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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