ح • ن • ش

, (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. حَنِشَ , (Msb, K,) He hunted, sought to catch or capture, or caught or captured, (S, A, Msb, K,) such animals as are hunted &c., (S, Msb, K,) or such as are termed أَحْنَاش, pl. of حَنَشٌ; (A;) as also ↓ احنش. (TA.) حَنَشَتْهُ الحَيَّةُ The serpent bit him. (A, TA.)

Anything that is hunted, or caught or captured, of birds or flying things, and of [or, accord. to the CK, this word “ of ” should be omitted here, as well as where it next occurs,] what are termed الهَوَامّ [venomous or noxious reptiles or the like, such as scorpions and serpents], (S, A, Mgh, * Msb, K,) and of what are termed حَشَرَاتُ الأَرْضِ, (K,) such as the hedgehog, and the [lizards of the kinds called] ضَبّ and وَرَل, and the [rat called] جُرَذ, and the common rat or mouse, and the serpent: (TA:) or any animal whose head resembles that of the serpent, (Lth, Mgh, Msb, * K,) of chameleons and of [the lizards called] سَوَامُّ أَبْرَصَ and the like: (Lth, Mgh, * Msb: *) or any creeping thing, of beasts and of birds or flying things: (Kr, TA: *) and the serpent: (S, Kr, A, Mgh, K:) or the viper: (S:) or a kind of white and thick serpent, like the ثُعْبَان, or larger; or the black kind thereof: (TA:) or a serpent that blows, but does not hurt: (Ham p. 626:) and the common fly: (Ibn- 'Abbád, A, Sgh, K:) pl. أَحْنَاشٌ (S, A, Mgh, K) and حِنْشَانٌ. (A, TA.)

Stung, or bitten, by what is termed حَنَش. (IAar, K.)