Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اسهم

Root: سهم

Form: 4

Full Definition

اسهمIV i. q. أَقْرَعَ [i. e. He ordered, or commanded, them to cast, or draw, lots, or to practise sortilege, or sortilege with arrows, among themselves, for a thing; or he prepared, or disposed, them for doing so; or he cast, or drew, lots, or practised sortilege, or sortilege with arrows, among them: see أَقْرَعَ].
2 And أَسْهَمْتُ لَهُ I gave him a lot, share, or portion.

def.2 And أَسْهَمَ is syn. with أَسْهَبَ, meaning He was, or became, loquacious, or profuse of speech: its م is said by Yaakoob to be a substitute for ب. [See also مُسْهَمٌ, below.]


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