مُشْتَبِهٌ

[particle n. of 8, q. v.]. مُشْتَبِهَاتٌ, (S,) and ↓ مُشَبِّهَاتٌ, [thus agreeably with an explanation of its verb by IAar, (see 8, last sentence,)] (JK,) or أُمُورٌ مُشْتَبِهَةٌ, and ↓ مُشَبَّهَةٌ like مُعَظَّمَةٌ, (K,) Things, or affairs, that are confused or dubious [by reason of their resembling one another or from any other cause]: (JK, S, K:) [and uncertain: (see an example of مُشَبَّه in this sense in a verse cited voce سَنَفَ:)] ↓ مُشْتَبِهًا وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَابِهٍ, in the Qur'an, 6:99, means resembling one another so that they become confounded, or confused, or dubious, and not resembling one another &c. (TA.)