أَشَبٌ

1.
verbal noun of أَشِبَ. (TA.)
2.
[Hence,] Confusedness; dubiousness: so in the saying, ضَرَبَتْ فِيهِ فُلَانَةُ بِعِرْقٍ ذِى أَشَبٍ i. e. ذِى الْتِبَاسٍ. (S.) See article ضرب
3.
Also An abundance of trees. (TA.) In a tradition of Ibn-Umm-Mektoom, إِنِّى رَجُلٌ ضَرِيرٌ بَيْنِى وَ بَيْنَكَ أَشَبٌ فَرَخِّصْ لِى فِي العِشَاءِ وَالفَجْرِ means Verily I am a blind man, [and] between me and thee are palm-trees confusedly disposed; therefore grant thou me indulgence with respect to [coming to thee to perform the prayers of] the nightfall and the daybreak. (K, * MF, TA.)

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