وَحْشِىٌّ

[Of, or belonging to, or relating to, the desert: and hence, wild; untamed; undomesticated; uncivilized; unfamiliar: and often used as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant]: see وَحْشٌ, in three places: i. q. حُوشِىٌّ; (S, Msb, article حوش;) opposite of أَهْلِىٌّ. (TA, in article اهل.)

كَلَامٌ وَحْشِىٌّ (tropical:) i. q. حُوشِىٌّ, q. v. (S, A, article حوش:) and in like manner, ↓ لَفْظَةٌ وَحْشِيَّةٌ (tropical:) i. q. حُوشِيَّةٌ. (Mz, 13th نوع.)

The right side of anything: (AZ, AA, S, K, &c.:) or the left side (As, S, A, K,) of anything. (As, S.) [For more full explanations of this term, and its contr. إِنْسِىٌّ, in relation to a beast and to a man, see the latter term: of a beast, according to most authorities, it is The right, far or off, side. See an example in a verse cited voce دَفٌّ.] Of the arm or hand, and of the leg or foot, The back; إِنْسِىٌّ signifying the side that is towards the man: (S:) or of the foot, the former means [the outer side, or] the side that is the more remote from the other foot; the latter being the contr., or that which is towards the other foot. (TA.) Of a bow, (S, K,) or of a Persian bow, (TA,) The back; and إِنْسِىٌّ, the side that is towards thee: (S, K:) or of a bow, whether Persian or not is not said, the former means the side against which the arrow does not lie. (TA.) And ↓ الجَانِبُ الوَحِيشُ signifies the same as الوَحْشِىُّ. (IAar.)

A sort of fig, that grows in the mountains and in the remote parts of valleys, of every colour, black and red and white; it is the smallest of figs, [in the TA, smaller than the تبن,] and when eaten newly plucked it burns the mouth; but it is dried. (AHn, L.)

وَحْشِيَّةٌ [or رِيحٌ وَحْشِيَّةٌ] A wind that enters one's clothes, by reason of its vehemence. (K.)