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1 شَمَعَ ذ , aor. شَمَعَ , inf. n. شَمْعٌ and شُمُوعٌ and مَشْمَعَةٌ, He played, sported, gamed, jested, or joked: (S, O, K:) or he was mirthful, and laughed: and شَمَعَتٌ, aor. as above, inf. n. شَمْعٌ and شُمُوعٌ, She cheered by her discourse. (TA.) It is said in a trad., مَنْ يَتَّبِعِ المَشْمَعَةَ يَشْمَعِ ا@للّٰهُ بِهِ (S, * O) He who follows the practice of play, or sport, or unprofitable play or sport, with men, (S, O,) and derision and laughter and enjoyment with them, God will requite him for that, (O,) or God will cause him to be in a state in which the like shall be done with him. (S, O.) ― -b2- And شَمَعَ, inf. n. شُمُوعٌ, It was, or became, scattered, or dispersed. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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