حُسْوَةٌ

A sup, or sip; i. e. a small quantity of what is supped, or sipped: (K:) or as much as is supped, or sipped, (يُحْسَى,) at once: (S:) or a mouthful of what is supped, or sipped; and some say that ↓ حَسْوَةٌ is a dialect var.; but others, that this is a verbal noun [of un.]: (Msb:) plural حُسًى [for an example of which see 4] (Msb, TA) and حُسْوَاتٌ or حُسَوَاتٌ or حُسُوَاتٌ (Msb) and [of pauc.] أَحْسِيَةٌ and أَحْسِوَةٌ [in some copies of the K, erroneously, أَحْسُوَةٌ], and plural plural أَحَاسِى [or rather أَحَاسٍ], (K,) which ISd thinks to be rather a plural of ↓ حَسَاءٌ, contr. to rule. (TA.) You say, فِى الإِنَاءِ حُسْوَةٌ [In the vessel is a sup, or sip]. (S, Msb.) See also حَسْوَةٌ.