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شَأْمَةٌ ذ and ↓ مَشْأَمَةٌ The left, meaning the left side or direction or relative location or place; (S, K;) i. q. [يَسْرَةٌ and] مَيْسَرَةٌ; (S;) contr. of يَمْنَةٌ and مَيْمَنَةٌ. (K.) One says of a man, قَعَدَ شأْمَةٌ [He sat on the left]. (S.) And one says, خُذْ بِهِمْ شَأْمَةً i. e. [Take thou with them] the direction of the left hand. (S.) And نَظَرْتُ يَمْنَةً وَشَأْمَةً [I looked in a right direction and in a left direction]. (TA.) And hence ↓ أَصْحَابُ المَشْأَمَةِ , in the Kur [lvi. 9 and xc. 19], (TA,) meaning [The occupants of the left: or] those who shall have their records given to them in their left hands: or the occupants of the low, or ignoble, place, or station: or the havers of unfortunateness (الشُّؤْم): and أَصْحَابُ المَيْمَنَةِ is expl. as having the contr. senses. (Ksh and Bd in lvi. 9.) -A2- Also, the former, A mole (خَالٌ) upon the person: thus, with ', as mentioned by IAth: also mentioned without ' in art. شيم. (TA.) ― -b2- See also شَامَةٌ as meaning “ a black she-camel, ” in art. شيم.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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