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شُئِمَ

Root: شأم

Form: 1

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شُئِمَI Verbal.Noun شُؤْمٌ, He was, or became, unlucky, or inauspicious, (صَارَ شُؤْمًا, S, K, in the MA شوم شد,) to them: as also شَأَمَهُمْ, and شَأَمَ عليهم, and شَؤُمَ عليهم: or شَأَمَهُمْ, or شَأَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ, or both of these, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun شَأْمٌ, he drew upon them ill luck, or evil fortune; or caused ill luck, or evil fortune, to befall them from him: or شُؤُمٌ as an Verbal.Noun signifies the being unlucky: and the rendering unlucky: and so شُومٌ [as it is commonly pronounced: see شُؤُمٌ below].

def.2 And شَأَمَهُمْ, Verbal.Noun شَأْمٌ, so in the L; in the K, , Verbal.Noun تَشْئِيمٌ; but the former is the right; He made them to go, or journey, to الشَّأْم [i. e. Syria].
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