كَمْشٌ
1.
Short and small; applied to an udder: and [the feminine] with ة, applied to a testicle, or a scrotum, (خُصْيَة) short, and cleaving to the inner skin. (TA.)
2.
Applied to a horse, Small in the veretrum; as also
كَمِيشٌ: (S, K:) or short therein: [opposite of سَابِغٌ:] plural [of mult.] كِمَاشٌ and [of pauc.) أَكْمَاشٌ: (A 'Obeyd:) or, applied to a beast of carriage, short and small therein: ('Eyn:) but when applied to a female, having a small udder; as also
كَمِيشٌ, (K,) or كَمِيشَةٌ, so applied, ('Eyn,) and كَمْشَةٌ, applied to a she-camel, (Ks, S,) and
كَمُوشٌ, thus applied: (TA:) or كَمِيشَةٌ [so in the K according to the TA, but in some copies of the K
كَمِشَةٌ,] and كَمُوشٌ have this signification when applied to a ewe or she-goat: (K:) or the former of these two epithets, (As,) or each of them, (K,) thus applied, signifies short in the teat, (As, K,) so as to be milked only with the ends of three fingers, or with the thumb and forefinger: (As:) and كَمْشَةٌ, applied to a woman, having a small breast. (TA.)
3.
Also, and
كَمِيشٌ, applied to a man, (S, A, K,) Quick: (A, K:) or quick and sharp or vigorous or effective: (S:) or determined or resolute, and sharp or vigorous or effective, (A, TA,) and quick in his affairs: (TA:) and
كَمِشٌ [apparently applied to a man, being the particle n. of كَمِشَ, q. v.] is synonym with كَمْشٌ: (TA:) or
كَمِيشٌ signifies courageous. (Sb, ISd.)