شَكَمَهُ

, aorist شَكُمَ , verbal noun شَكْمٌ, He bitted him; [namely, a horse or the like;] he put the bit (شَكِيمَة) into his mouth. (TA.)

[Hence], شَكَمَ الوَالِىَ, (S, K,) aorist and verbal noun as above, (TA,) (tropical:) He bribed the والى [i. e. prefect, or the like]; as though he stopped his mouth with the شَكِيمَة, (S, K, TA,) i. e. the [bit, or] iron thing of the لِجَام. (TA.) And شَكَمَ فَاهُ بِالإِتَاوَةِ i. e. (assumed tropical:) [He stopped (lit. bitted) his mouth] with the bribe. (TA in article اتو.)

And فَعَلَ فُلَانٌ أَمْرًا فَشَكَمْتُهُ (assumed tropical:) Such a one did a thing, or performed an affair, and I settled, or established, it. (Lth, TA.)

And شَكَمَهُ, (S, K,) aorist as above, (S,) and so the verbal noun; (K;) and ↓ اشكمهٌ; (Th, K;) He repaid, requited, compensated, or recompensed, him; (S, K; *) or gave him what is termed شُكْم [q. v.]: (K:) he gave him his hire, or pay. (S, from a tradition)

And, as some say, (S,) شَكَمَهُ, verbal noun شَكْمٌ and شَكِيمٌ, He bit him. (S, K.)

-A2- شَكِمَ, aorist شَكَمَ , (K,) verbal noun شَكَمٌ, (TK,) He was, or became, hungry. (K.)