أَشْيَمُ

1.
A man (S, Msb) having a شَامَة [or mole] upon his person; (AZ, S, Mgh, Msb, K; *) and مَشِيمٌ (S, K) and مَشُومٌ (K) and مَشْيُومٌ (S, K) signify the same [or rather marked with a mole]: (S, * K:) or أَشْيَمُ signifies having upon him شَام [or moles]: (Ham p. 361:) feminine شَيْمَاءُ: (TA:) and plural شِيمٌ. (S, TA.)
2.
And A beast, (Lth, AO, TA,) and anything, (Lth, TA,) having upon him, or it, a [mark such as is termed] شَامَة, (Lth, AO, TA,) or [marks such as are termed] شَام. (AO, TA.)
3.
And شِيمُ الإِبِلِ (assumed tropical:) Such as are black, of camels: singular, masculine and feminine, as above: (TA:) occurring in this sense in a verse of Aboo-Dhueyb, as related by AA: but as heard by As, in this verse, شُومُهَا, and thought by him to be a plural [originally شُيْم] of أَشْيَمُ. (S.) See also أَشْأَمُ (in article شأم), last sentence.

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