دهش1 دَهِشَ, (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. ـَ (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. دَهَشٌ; (S, Msb;) and دُهِشَ, (S, A, K,) which is said to be formed by transposition from شُدِهَ, but Az denies this, and says that دُهِشَ is the superior form; (TA;) He became confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course: (S, K:) or he became bereft of his reason or intellect (Msb, K) in consequence of shame, or of fear, (Msb,) or of heedlessness, or diversion by some occupation, or of fear, or grief, or intense grief, (K,) or of fright, and the like: (TA:) and ↓ دهّش, inf. n. تَدْهِيشٌ, signifies the same: (K, TA:) or this last is trans., like ادهش. (TK.) A2:  دَهَشَهُ: see 4.2 دَهَّشَ see 1: A2:  and 4.4 ادهشهُ He, (God, S, TA, or a man, Msb, K,) or it, (shame, A, TA, and an affair, TA,) confounded, or perplexed, him, so that he was unable to see his right course: (S, K:) or bereft him of his reason or intellect; (Msb, K;) as also ↓ دَهَشَهُ, aor. ـَ inf. n. دَهْشٌ; but some disallow this; (Msb;) and ↓ دهّشهُ. (TK.) دَهِشٌ (A, K) and ↓ مَدْهُوشٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and ↓ دَهْشَان [whether with or without tenween is not indicated] (TA) Confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course: (S, K:) or bereft of his reason or intellect (Msb, K) in consequence of shame, or of fear, (Msb,) or of heedlessness, or diversion by some occupation, or of fear, or grief, or intense grief, (K,) or of fright, and the like. (TA.) أَصَابَتْهُ دَهْشَةٌ [A fit of confusion, or perplexity, so that he was unable to see his right course, or a fit of alienation of mind in consequence of shame or fear, &c., befell him]. (A, TA.) دَهْشَان: see دَهِشٌ.مَدْهُوشٌ: see دَهِشٌ.