شَهْمٌ
Root: شهم
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شَهْمٌ
, applied to a man, Hardy, strong, sturdy, enduring, or patient; acute of mind or intellect; clever, ingenious, sharp, or penetrating; and
مَشْهُومٌ signifies the same: pl. of the former شِهَامٌ [and app. شُهُمٌ also: see سُهُمٌ, and see what here follows].
2 A chief whose judgment, or judicial decision, or exercise of authority, is effectual in affairs; courageous; or sharp, or vigorous and effective, in affairs which others are unable to accomplish: or, accord. to Fr, forbearing, or clement; who performs well that which is imposed upon him; whom one finds not otherwise than forbearing, or clement, and pleased, or content, with that which
3 And, applied to a horse,
def.2 Also A stone which is placed at the entrance of a trap (مَصْيَدَة or مَصِيدَة in different copies of the K) for a lion, and which falls upon it when he enters: as also سَهْمٌ: the latter is the word [better] known to the leading lexicologists.
2 A chief whose judgment, or judicial decision, or exercise of authority, is effectual in affairs; courageous; or sharp, or vigorous and effective, in affairs which others are unable to accomplish: or, accord. to Fr, forbearing, or clement; who performs well that which is imposed upon him; whom one finds not otherwise than forbearing, or clement, and pleased, or content, with that which
3 And, applied to a horse,
def.2 Also A stone which is placed at the entrance of a trap (مَصْيَدَة or مَصِيدَة in different copies of the K) for a lion, and which falls upon it when he enters: as also سَهْمٌ: the latter is the word [better] known to the leading lexicologists.
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