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أَبْرَشُ ذ , applied to a horse, (S, K,) or to one of the sort termed بِرْذَون, (Lh,) Marked with the small speaks termed بَرَش; (Lh, S, K;) as also ↓ بَرِيشٌ . (K.) Also, شَاةٌ بَرْشَآءُ A ewe, or she-goat, marked with specks of various colours. (TA.) And حَيَّةٌ بَرْشَآءُ A serpent black speckled with white, or white speckled with black. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] i. q. أَبْرَصُ: fem. بَرْشَآءُ: pl. بُرْشٌ: (Msb:) [or rather, used allusively for أَبْرَصُ; for] Jedheemeh (S, A, K) Ibn-Málik (S, TA) Ibn-Fahm, (TA,) the king [of El-Heereh], (K,) was surnamed الأَبْرَشُ in allusion to his being أَبْرَص; (S, A, K;) the Arabs fearing to apply to him this latter epithet: (K:) or he was thus called because he was marked with black or red specks caused by a burn. (Kh.) ― -b3- مَكَانٌ أَبْرَشُ A place of various colours, abounding in plants or herbage: (K:) and أَرْضٌ بَرْشَآءٌ, and سَنَةٌ بَرْشَآءُ, land, and a year, in which is abundance of herbage (Ks, K) of various colours; (Ks;) as also رَبْشَآءُ and رَمْشَآءُ. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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