, the name of a certain country [i. e. Syria], is masculine and feminine; (S;) sometimes masculine: (K:) and may also be pronounced الشَّامُ [as it commonly is in the present day]. (Msb.)
2.
[And as this country lies on the north of Arabia, الشَّأْمُ also signifies The northern region; opposed to اليَمَنُ.]