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مُسْهَمٌ ذ A horse half-blooded, got by a stallion of generous race out of a mare not of such race; syn. هَجِينٌ: (K:) to [the rider of] such is given less than the سَهْم [or share] of the spoil that is given to [the rider of] the horse of generous race. (TA.) [It is applied in this sense to a stallioncamel as well as to a horse.] A poet says, “ بَنِى يَثْرِبِىٍّ حَصِّنُوا أَيْنُقَاتِكُمْ
وَأَفْرَاسَكُمْ مِنْ ضَرْبِ أَحْمَرَ مُسْهَمِ
” [Sons of Yethribee, keep ye your she-camels and your mares from the being covered by one that is red, (i. e. of goodly appearance, for the red among camels are the most admired by the Arabs, and in like manner the bay among horses,) but half-blooded]: he means, keep ye your women from being taken as wives by such as are not their equals. (TA.) ― -b2- You say also, رَجُلٌ مُسْهَمُ الجِسْمِ A man whose body is wasting away in consequence of love: (K:) and in like manner, مُسْهَمُ العَقْلِ [whose reason is departing]: mentioned by Lh: (TA:) and so ↓ مُسْهِم , in both cases: (TA voce مُسْهَبٌ, q. v.:) the م being a substitute for ب. (TA in the present art.) ― -b3- And مُسْهَمٌ, (K, TA,) or ↓ مُسْهِمٌ , (CK,) [both app. correct,] from أَسْهَمَ, is like مُسْهَبٌ [q. v.], (K, TA,) or مُسْهِبٌ, (CK,) from أَسْهَبَ, in measure and in meaning; (K, TA;) meaning Loquacious, or profuse in speech: the م, accord. to Yaakoob, being [in this case also] a substitute for ب. (TA.)

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