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شِئْمَةٌ

Root: شأم

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شِئْمَةٌ Nature; natural, native, or innate, disposition, temper, or other quality or property: mentioned thus, as with ء, by AZ and Lh, and said by IJ to be sometimes thus pronounced; but the pronunciation thereof with ء is held by ISd to be extraordinary. [See art. شيم.]
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