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سهم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

3 ساهمهُ ذ , (S, MA, Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. مُسَاهَمَةٌ, (Msb,) He shot arrows [سِهَام] with him [ in competition ]. (MA.) ― -b2- [And hence,] He cast, or drew, lots [or more properly arrows for sortilege, as expl. in the PS,] with him; practised sortilege [or sortilege with arrows ] with him; or competed with him in doing so. (S, MA, Mgh, Msb.) You say, ↓ سَاهَمْتُهُ فَسَهَمْتُهُ; (S;) or سَاهَمَهُمْ فَسَهَمَهُمْ; (TA;) aor. of the latter verb سَهَمَ , (S,) and inf. n. سَهْمٌ; (TA;) I competed with him in casting, or drawing, lots [or arrows for sortilege ] or in practising sortilege [or sortilege with arrows ] with him, and overcame him therein; or He did so with them, and overcame them therein. (S, * TA.) Hence, فَسَاهَمَ in the Kur xxxvii. 141, (TA,) where [the objective complement] أَهْلَ السَّفِينَةِ is understood. (Jel.) ― -b3- [And hence, He shared with him, فِى كَذَا in such a thing. See an ex. voce مُشِدٌّ, and another voce نَاوَبَ. ― -b4- And app. He contended with him for a thing: see 6.]

Derived headwords

ساهمهُverb
  1. 1.
سَاهَمَهُمْ فَسَهَمَهُمْ
أَهْلَ السَّفِينَةِ
فِى كَذَا