شبه

4 اشبههُ ذ , [inf. n. اـِشْبَاهٌ;] and ↓ شابههُ, [inf. n. مُشَابَهَةٌ;] (S, K;) He was, or became, like him; he resembled him; syn. مَاثَلَهُ. (K.) One says أَشْبَهَ الوَلَدُ أَبَاهُ, and ↓ شابههُ, The child [ resembled his father, or] shared with his father in some one of his qualities, or attributes. (Msb.) And مَنْ أَشْبَهَ أَبَاهُ فَمَا ظَلَمَ, (Meyd, TA,) or ↓ مَنْ يُشَابِهُ أبَهُ فَمَا ظَلَمَ, as some relate it, (TA,) [ Whoso resembles his father, he has not done that which is wrong: ] a prov., meaning, he has not put the likeness in the wrong place; for there is not any one more fit, or proper, for him to resemble than he: or it may mean that the father has not done that which is wrong. (Meyd. [See also Har pp. 667-8.]) And اشبه الرَّجُلُ أُمَّهُ, (IAar, K,) and ↓ شَابَهَهَا, (K,) [ The man resembled his mother, ] meaning (assumed tropical:) the man became impotent, and weak. (IAar, K.) And it is said in a trad. of 'Omar, اـِنَّ اللَّبَنَ يُشْبَهُ عَلَيْهِ [ Verily one becomes like by feeding upon milk ]: i. e. the infant that is suckled often becomes like the woman who suckles it, because of the milk: (JK:) or اللبن يشبه [app. for اللَّبَنُ يُشْبَهُ عَلَيْهِ]: i. e. one acquires a likeness to the natural dispositions of the woman who suckles [him]: or, as it is also related, ↓ يتشبّه [app. for يُتَشَبَّهُ عَلَيْهِ]. (TA.) -A2- [اشبه is also a verb of wonder: hence the saying, مَا أَشْبَهَ اللَّيْلَةَ بِالبَارِحَهْ How like is this night to yesternight! expl. in art. برح.]