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شاهاهُ

Root: شهو

Form: 3

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شاهاهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُشَاهَاةٌ, He was, or became, like him; he resembled him.

def.2 Also He jested, or joked, with him: [and] so هَاشَاهُ. (K in art. هشو.)
2 And accord. to IAar, it is also used in relation to the smiting action of the [evil] eye [perhaps meaning He vied with him in smiting with the evil eye: see also 4].
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