شفع

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ش ف ع (š-f-ʕ). Compare Hebrew שפע.

Verb[edit]

شَفَعَ (šafaʕa) I, non-past يَشْفَعُ‎ (yašfaʕu)

  1. to double; to add to

Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

شَفَعَ (šafaʕa) I, non-past يَشْفَعُ‎ (yašfaʕu)

  1. to intercede

Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

شَفْع (šafʕm

  1. verbal noun of شَفَعَ (šafaʕa) (form I)

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

شَفْع (šafʕm (plural أَشْفَاع (ʔašfāʕ) or شِفَاع (šifāʕ))

  1. double, pair
    Antonym: وَتۡر
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 89:1-3:
      وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ، وَلَیَالٍ عَشۡرࣲ، وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ، وَٱلَّیۡلِ إِذَا یَسۡرِ.
      By the dawn, And [by] ten nights, And [by] the even and the odd, And [by] the night when it passes.

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