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شَامِىٌّ ذ , (S, Msb, K, TA,) without ', (TA,) and ↓ شَآم ٍ , (S, Msb, K,) of the measure فَعَال ٍ, (S,) an allowable form, without ى, (Msb,) like تَهَام ٍ and يَمَان ٍ, (TA,) and ↓ شَآمِىٌّ , (Sb, S, K,) [Syrian;] of, or relating to, الشَّأْم: (S, Msb, K:) one should not say شَأْم ٍ; any instance [of this] occurring by poetic license being accounted for as a case of the use of the name of the country for the rel. n.: (S:) the fem., applied to a woman, is شَامِيَّةٌ and ↓ شَآمِيَةٌ , the latter without teshdeed: (S, TA;) the pl. of شَامِىٌّ is شُوَامٌ, like غُرَابٌ [in measure]. (TA.) ― -b2- [And hence, Northern.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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