تشأّم
Root: شأم
Form: 5
Full Definition
تشأّمV
, from الشُّؤْمُ, He found him, or it, unlucky, or inauspicious: and he became unlucky by means of him, or it: or تشأّم signifies he had ill luck, or evil fortune. See also 6.
2 And تشأّم He took the direction of his left hand: and in like manner تَيَامَنَ, [whence it seems that تشأّم in the sense expl. above may be a mistake for ,] “ he took the direction of his right hand. ”
3 And He asserted his relationship to [the people of] الشَّأْم [i. e. Syria]: a verb similar to تكوّف and تقيّص.
2 And تشأّم He took the direction of his left hand: and in like manner تَيَامَنَ, [whence it seems that تشأّم in the sense expl. above may be a mistake for ,] “ he took the direction of his right hand. ”
3 And He asserted his relationship to [the people of] الشَّأْم [i. e. Syria]: a verb similar to تكوّف and تقيّص.
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