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5 تشأّم بِهِ ذ , (MA, TA,) from الشُّؤْمُ, (TA,) He found him, or it, unlucky, or inauspicious: and he became unlucky by means of him, or it: (MA:) or تشأّم signifies he had ill luck, or evil fortune. (KL.) See also 6. ― -b2- And تشأّم He took the direction of his left hand: (K, TA:) and in like manner تَيَامَنَ, [whence it seems that تشأّم in the sense expl. above may be a mistake for ↓ تشآءم ,] “ he took the direction of his right hand. ” (TA.) ― -b3- And He asserted his relationship to [the people of] الشَّأْم [i. e. Syria]: (S, K:) a verb similar to تكوّف and تقيّص. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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