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سهم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 اسهم بَيْنَهُمْ ذ i. q. أَقْرَعَ [i. e. He ordered, or commanded, them to cast, or draw, lots, or to practise sortilege, or sortilege with arrows, among themselves, for a thing; or he prepared, or disposed, them for doing so; or he cast, or drew, lots, or practised sortilege, or sortilege with arrows, among them: see أَقْرَعَ]. (S.) ― -b2- And أَسْهَمْتُ لَهُ I gave him a lot, share, or portion. (Msb.) -A2- And أَسْهَمَ is syn. with أَسْهَبَ, (K, TA,) meaning He was, or became, loquacious, or profuse of speech: its م is said by Yaakoob to be a substitute for ب. (TA.) [See also مُسْهَمٌ, below.]

Derived headwords

اسهم بَيْنَهُمْverb
  1. 1.
أَسْهَمْتُ لَهُ