خَشِنٌ

Rough, harsh, or coarse; (S, * Msb, * K, KL, PS;) applied to a thing (S, Msb, K) of any kind; (K;) as also ↓ أَخْشَنُ: (S, Msb, K:) in relation to a stone, they seldom or never say otherwise than أَخْشَنُ: (Msb:) the feminine of the former is with ة; (Msb, K;) and the plural is خُشُنٌ, (Msb,) [also said to be a plural by poetic license of أَخْشَنُ, for خُشْنٌ, as will be seen below,] or خِشَانٌ, (K,) which is applied in the sense explained above to land [or lands]: (TA:) the feminine of ↓ أَخْشَنُ is خَشْنَاءُ; (K;) and the plural is خُشْنٌ. (S.) You say أَرْضٌ خَشِنَةٌ Rough, or rugged, ground or land. (Msb.) And أَرْضٌ ↓ خشْنَاءُ Rugged ground or land, (JK, TA,) in which are stones and sand. (TA.) And مُلَاءَةٌ ↓ خَشْنَاءُ [A wrapper for the body] in which is roughness, harshness, or coarseness, either from newness or from make. (TA.)

[Hence,] (assumed tropical:) A strong man. (Msb.) And هُوَ خَشِنُ الجَانِبِ and ↓ أَخْشَنُهُ (tropical:) He is difficult, refractory, or stubborn; not to be coped with. (K, TA. [See also 1.]) And عَاشَ عَيْشًا خَشِنًا (assumed tropical:) He lived a rough, or coarse, life. (K.) See also أَخْشَنُ.