شَامَةٌ
Root: شيم
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شَامَةٌ
A mole, syn. خَالٌ, upon the person; [i. e.] a pimple inclining to blackness, upon the person; or a [natural] mark differing from the colour of the person upon which it is: its medial radical letter is originally ى: and it is
2 Also A black mark upon the person, [an explanation which seems to apply, like the former in the K, to a mole, though given as differing therefrom,] and upon the ground: pl. [or coll. gen. n.] شَامٌ .
3 It is also [A mark, or spot,] upon a mare, upon a place that is disapproved, and sometimes upon her دَوَائِر [which means what are termed feathers, pl. of دَائِرَةٌ, q. v.].
4 And A spot (نُكْتَة) [upon the face] of the moon.
5 And
2 Also A black mark upon the person, [an explanation which seems to apply, like the former in the K, to a mole, though given as differing therefrom,] and upon the ground: pl. [or coll. gen. n.] شَامٌ .
3 It is also [A mark, or spot,] upon a mare, upon a place that is disapproved, and sometimes upon her دَوَائِر [which means what are termed feathers, pl. of دَائِرَةٌ, q. v.].
4 And A spot (نُكْتَة) [upon the face] of the moon.
5 And
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