شَهْمٌ

, applied to a man, Hardy, strong, sturdy, enduring, or patient; (S;) acute of mind or intellect; (S, K;) clever, ingenious, sharp, or penetrating; and ↓ مَشْهُومٌ signifies the same: plural of the former شِهَامٌ (K) [and apparently شُهُمٌ also: see سُهُمٌ, and see what here follows].

A chief whose judgment, or judicial decision, or exercise of authority, is effectual in affairs; (K, * TA;) courageous; or sharp, or vigorous and effective, in affairs which others are unable to accomplish: or, according to Fr, forbearing, or clement; who performs well that which is imposed upon him; whom one finds not otherwise than forbearing, or clement, and pleased, or content, with that which is imposed upon him: and in like manner applied to other than a man: (TA:) plural شُهُومٌ (K) [and apparently شُهُمٌ]: see سُهُمٌ, with which شُهُمٌ is synonym (TA in article سهم.)

And, applied to a horse, (tropical:) Swift; brisk, lively, sprightly, or agile; and strong. (K, TA.)

-A2- Also A stone which is placed at the entrance of a trap (مَصْيَدَة or مَصِيدَة in different copies of the K) for a lion, and which falls upon it when he enters: as also سَهْمٌ: (K, * TA:) the latter is the word [better] known to the leading lexicologists. (TA.)