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شُكْمٌ ذ (S, K, &c.) and ↓ شُكْمَى ; (K;) of the latter, ISd says, “ I think it to be a dial. var., but I am not certain of it; ” (TA;) A repayment, requital, compensation, or recompense; (El-Umawee, A' Obeyd, S, K;) and شُكْبٌ is a dial. var. thereof: (TA:) when the gift is initial, it is termed شُكْدٌ: (S:) or a substitute; or thing given, received, put, or done, by way of replacement or exchange: (Ks, TA:) and (K) a gift; (As, K, TA;) as also شُكْدٌ; (As, TA;) or the latter signifies a gift without compensation: (TA:) or شُكْمٌ signifies a benefaction, bounty, or gratuity; syn. نُعْمَى. (Lth, TA.)

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