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سَهْم
arrow /ˈsahm/
nounB1#1744 most common
Also: share (of stock), portion, lot
Example sentences
هٰذَا سَهْم.
This is an arrow.
أَطْلَقَ الوَلَدُ سَهْماً.
The boy shot an arrow.
أَصَابَ السَّهْمُ الهَدَفَ بِدِقَّة.
The arrow hit the target accurately.
اِشْتَرَى أَبِي سَهْماً فِي شَرِكَةِ النِّفْط.
My father bought a share in the oil company.
اِرْتَفَعَ سِعْرُ السَّهْمِ بَعْدَ إِعْلَانِ الأَرْبَاح.
The price of the share rose after the earnings announcement.
مَنْ يَرْمِ سَهْمَهُ فِي الظَّلَامِ قَدْ يُصِيبُ مَا لَا يَقْصِدُهُ.
Whoever shoots his arrow in the dark may hit what he did not intend.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَهْمٌ | أَسْهُمٌ / سِهَامٌ |
| Genitive | سَهْمٍ | أَسْهُمٍ / سِهَامٍ |
| Accusative | سَهْماً | أَسْهُماً / سِهَاماً |
| Vocative | يَا سَهْمُ | يَا أَسْهُمُ / يَا سِهَامُ |
Word family
سَاهَمَto contribute, take part in
مُسَاهِمshareholder, contributor
إِسْهَامcontribution
سِهَامarrows (plural)
أَسْهُمshares, stocks (plural)
Etymology
سَهْم comes from a Semitic root tied to a marked stick or shaft. The arrow sense is the oldest. In pre-Islamic times marked sticks were drawn to divide property and assign lots, so the word came to mean a portion or share. From that the modern financial sense of a stock share developed.
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