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شءم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 شُئِمَ عَلَيْهِمْ ذ (S; MA, K,) inf. n. شُؤْمٌ, (MA,) He (a man, S) was, or became, unlucky, or inauspicious, (صَارَ شُؤْمًا, S, K, in the MA شوم شد,) to them: (S, MA, K;) as also شَأَمَهُمْ, and شَأَمَ عليهم, and شَؤُمَ عليهم: (K:) or شَأَمَهُمْ, (AZ, Ham p. 224,) or شَأَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ, (S,) or both of these, (TA,) aor. شَأََ , (S, TA,) inf. n. شَأْمٌ, (TA,) he drew upon them ill luck, or evil fortune; (S, TA;) or caused ill luck, or evil fortune, to befall them from him: (AZ, Ham ubi suprà, TA:) or شُؤُمٌ as an inf. n. signifies the being unlucky: and the rendering unlucky: and so شُومٌ [as it is commonly pronounced: see شُؤُمٌ below]. (KL.) -A2- And شَأَمَهُمْ, inf. n. شَأْمٌ, so in the L; in the K, ↓ شَأَّمَهُمْ, inf. n. تَشْئِيمٌ; but the former is the right; (TA;) He made them to go, or journey, to الشَّأْم [i. e. Syria ]. (K, TA.)

Derived headwords

شُئِمَ عَلَيْهِمْverb
  1. 1.
صَارَ شُؤْمًا
شوم شد
شَؤُمَ عليهم
شَأَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ