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شَهْمٌ ذ , applied to a man, Hardy, strong, sturdy, enduring, or patient; (S;) acute of mind or intellect; (S, K;) clever, ingenious, sharp, or penetrating; and ↓ مَشْهُومٌ signifies the same: pl. of the former شِهَامٌ (K) [and app. شُهُمٌ also: see سُهُمٌ, and see what here follows]. ― -b2- A chief whose judgment, or judicial decision, or exercise of authority, is effectual in affairs; (K, * TA;) 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 is imposed upon him: and in like manner applied to other than a man: (TA:) pl. شُهُومٌ (K) [and app. شُهُمٌ]: see سُهُمٌ, with which شُهُمٌ is syn. (TA in art. سهم.) ― -b3- And, applied to a horse, (tropical:) Swift; brisk, lively, sprightly, or agile; and strong. (K, TA.) -A2- 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: (K, * TA:) the latter is the word [better] known to the leading lexicologists. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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