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شِيمَةٌ

Root: شيم

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شِيمَةٌ Nature; natural, native, or innate, disposition, temper, or other quality or property; as also شِئْمَةٌ, which is an extr. dial. var.: pl. شِيَمٌ.

def.2 Also Dust, or earth, dug from the ground; and so شِيَامٌ .
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