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هَشَّ , aor. يَهِشُّ ; (JK, TA;) or هَشَّ , secpers. هَشِشْتَ , aor. يَهَشُّ ; (Msb;) inf. n. هَشَاشَةٌ (JK, A, Msb, TA) [and هُشُوشَةٌ and هُشُوشٌ and هَشٌّ , as appears from what follows]; It, (a thing) was, or became, soft, yielding, flaccid, flabby, lax, slack, uncompact, crummy, fragile, frangible, brittle, friable, easily or quickly broken; (JK, A, Msb, TA;) syn. كَانَ فِيهِ رَخَاوَةٌ , (JK,) or كَانَ رِخْوًا لَيِّنًا , (A, * TA,) or لَانَ وَا@سْتَرْخَى . (Msb.) You say, هَشَّ الخُبْزُ , aor. هَشِ3َ , (S, K,) inf. n. هُشُوشَةٌ (K) and هَشٌّ , (TA,) meaning, صار هَشًّا ; (S, K;) i. e., The bread became [soft, &c., or] easy to break. (TA.) And هَشَّ العُودُ , (IAar, Msb,) aor. [ هَشِ3َ , or] هَشَ3َ , (Msb,) inf. n. هُشُوشٌ , (IAar, Msb,) The wood, or stick, broke in pieces: (IAar:) or became easily or quickly broken. (Msb.) And هَشَّتِ الشَّجَرَةُ , inf. n. هَشٌّ , The tree dropped its leaves, one after another. (Msb [in which it seems to be indicated that the aor. of the verb in this sense is هَشُ3َ ; but this is contr. to rule in an intrans. verb of this class; and I think it improbable.]) ― -b2- هَشَّ , inf. n. هُشُوشَةٌ , (assumed tropical:) He (a man) became weak; unable to endure difficulty or distress. (TA.) And هَشَّ , aor. هَشِ3َ , (assumed tropical:) He affected languor, or languidness; syn. تَكَسَّرَ : and he became old, or aged. (TA.) -A2- هَشَّ , (Msb, K,) first pers. هَشِشْتُ , (S, Msb, K,) aor. يَهَشُّ ; (Msb, K,) and هَشَّ , first pers. هَشَشْتُ , aor. يَهِشُّ ; (Msb, K;) inf. n. هَشَاشَةٌ (S, Msb, K) and هَشَاشٌ ; (A, K;) (tropical:) He was, or became, cheerful, brisk, lively, or sprightly: (S, K:) or he smiled, and was, or became cheerful, brisk, lively, or sprightly. (Msb.) You say, هَشِشْتُ بِفُلَانٍ , (S, TA,) and هَشَشْتُ بِهِ , (TA,) (tropical:) I was, or became, cheerful, &c. in behaviour towards such a one: (S:) or I was, or became cheerful in countenance, or joyful, or pleased, at meeting with such a one. (TA.) And هُوَ يَهَشُّ اـِلَى اـِخْوَانِهِ , (tropical:) He is cheerful, &c., towards his brethren]. (A.) And بِى ↓ دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَا@هْتَشَّ (tropical:) [I went in to him, and he was cheerful, &c., in his behaviour towards me]; like اـِهْتَزَّ لى . (A, * TA.) And هَشِشْتُ لِلْمَعْرُوفِ , (JK, TA, *) and هَشَشْتُ , (TA,) inf. n. هَشَاشَةٌ (S) and هَشَاشٌ , (A,) (tropical:) I was, or became, cheerful, brisk, &c., to do what was kind, or beneficent: (S, * TA:) or I desired to do it: (JK:) and ↓ اـِهْتَشَشْتُ للمعروف I was, or became, cheerful, &c., and desirous, to do what was kind, or beneficent. (TA.) And هُوَ ذُو هَشَاشٍ اـِلَى الخَيْرِ (tropical:) [He possesses cheerfulness, briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness, of disposition to do good]. (A.) Accord. to Sh, هَشِشْتُ signifies (assumed tropical:) He rejoiced, and desired; or was, or became, joyful, and desirous. (TA.) And the phrase هَشِشْتُ اـِلَى ا@مْرَأَتِى , if correct, means either (assumed tropical:) I inclined towards my wife, or I was, or became, brisk, or sprightly, in disposition towards her. (Mgh.) And accord to ISd, هَشَاشُ القَوْمِ [so in the TA, but accord. to the JK هَشَاهِشُ ,] (assumed tropical:) The people's being in a state of commotion, or agitation. (TA.) -A3- هَشَّ الوَرَقَ , aor. هَشُ3َ , (S, A, K,) and هَشِ3َ , (Sgh, K,) inf. n. هَشٌّ , (S,) He beat the leaves with a staff, or stick, in order that they might fall; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ هَشْهَشَهُ . (Z, TA.) It is said in the Kur, [xx. 19,] (S,) وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَى غَنَمِى [And I beat the leaves with it in order that they may fall upon my sheep, or goats]: (S, A:) or, accord. to Fr, and I beat the dry trees with it in order that their leaves may fall so that my sheep, or goats, may feed upon them; and so says As: (TA:) Lth says, that الهَشُّ signifies thy drawing towards thee a branch of a tree: and also, thy scattering its leaves towards thee with a staff, or stick: (JK, * TA:) but Az says, that the correct ex- planation is that given by Fr and As; not the former of the two explanations given by Lth. (TA.) [The verb also seems to have a similar application in a more extended sense; for it is said that] هَشَّ , aor. هَشُ3َ , inf. n. هَشٌّ , signifies He (a man) assaulted ( صَالَ ) with his staff, or stick. (Msb.) You say also, هَشَّ الهَشِيمَ He broke in pieces the dry herbage or the like. (TA.)