ساهمهُ
Root: سهم
Form: 3
Full Definition
2 [And hence,] He cast, or drew, lots [or more properly arrows for sortilege, as expl. in the PS,] with him; practised sortilege [or sortilege with arrows] with him; or competed with him in doing so. You say, سَاهَمْتُهُ ; or سَاهَمَهُمْ فَسَهَمَهُمْ; Present.T of the latter verb ـَ and Verbal.Noun سَهْمٌ; I competed with him in casting, or drawing, lots [or arrows for sortilege] or in practising sortilege [or sortilege with arrows] with him, and overcame him therein; or He did so with them, and overcame them therein. Hence, فَسَاهَمَ in the Kur xxxvii. 141, where [the objective complement] أَهْلَ السَّفِينَةِ is understood.
3 [And hence, He shared with him, فِى كَذَا in such a thing. See an ex. voce مُشِدٌّ, and another voce نَاوَبَ.
4 And app. He contended with him for a thing: see 6.]
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