Dust, or earth, (K, TA,) in a general sense; (TA;) as also ↓شَيَامٌ: (K:) see also شِيمَةٌ: [or,] according to Kh, a hollow dug in the ground: or, as some say, land of which the earth is soft, or uncompact. (S, TA.)
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And A [covert such as is termed] كِنَاس: so called because of the wild animal's entering (لاِنْشِيَامِ الوَحْشِ i. e. دُخُولِهِ) into it. (As, S, TA.)
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-A2- Also The rat, or mouse; synonym فَأْرٌ: (IAar, K, TA:) but written by Aboo-'Amr Ez-Záhid ↓شَيَامٌ, and said by him to be the جُرَذ [generally meaning a large field-rat]: (TA:) plural شِيمٌ. (K.)