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.

Declension edit