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1 شَكَمَهُ ذ , aor. شَكُمَ , inf. n. شَكْمٌ, He bitted him; [namely, a horse or the like;] he put the bit (شَكِيمَة) into his mouth. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence], شَكَمَ الوَالِىَ, (S, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) He bribed the والى [i. e. prefect, or the like]; as though he stopped his mouth with the شَكِيمَة, (S, K, TA,) i. e. the [bit, or] iron thing of the لِجَام. (TA.) And شَكَمَ فَاهُ بِالإِِتَاوَةِ i. e. (assumed tropical:) [He stopped (lit. bitted) his mouth] with the bribe. (TA in art. اتو.) ― -b3- And فَعَلَ فُلَانٌ أَمْرًا فَشَكَمْتُهُ (assumed tropical:) Such a one did a thing, or performed an affair, and I settled, or established, it. (Lth, TA.) ― -b4- And شَكَمَهُ, (S, K,) aor. as above, (S,) and so the inf. n.; (K;) and ↓ اشكمهٌ ; (Th, K;) He repaid, requited, compensated, or recompensed, him; (S, K; *) or gave him what is termed شُكْم [q. v.]: (K:) he gave him his hire, or pay. (S, from a trad.) ― -b5- And, as some say, (S,) شَكَمَهُ, inf. n. شَكْمٌ and شَكِيمٌ, He bit him. (S, K.) -A2- شَكِمَ, aor. شَكَمَ , (K,) inf. n. شَكَمٌ, (TK,) He was, or became, hungry. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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