شفاعة

Arabic

Root
ش ف ع (š-f-ʕ)

Etymology

Verbal noun of شَفَعَ (šafaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.faː.ʕa/

Noun

شَفاعَة • (šafāʕa) f (plural شَفاعَات (šafāʕāt))

1. (Islam, religion) intercession.
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 74:48:

     فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ

     So the pleas of intercessors will be of no benefit to them.

Declension

Declension of noun شَفاعَة (šafāʕa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَفاعَة šafāʕa	الشَّفاعَة aš-šafāʕa	شَفاعَة šafāʕat
Nominative	شَفاعَةٌ šafāʕatun	الشَّفاعَةُ aš-šafāʕatu	شَفاعَةُ šafāʕatu
Accusative	شَفاعَةً šafāʕatan	الشَّفاعَةَ aš-šafāʕata	شَفاعَةَ šafāʕata
Genitive	شَفاعَةٍ šafāʕatin	الشَّفاعَةِ aš-šafāʕati	شَفاعَةِ šafāʕati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَفاعَتَيْن šafāʕatayn	الشَّفاعَتَيْن aš-šafāʕatayn	شَفاعَتَيْ šafāʕatay
Nominative	شَفاعَتَانِ šafāʕatāni	الشَّفاعَتَانِ aš-šafāʕatāni	شَفاعَتَا šafāʕatā
Accusative	شَفاعَتَيْنِ šafāʕatayni	الشَّفاعَتَيْنِ aš-šafāʕatayni	شَفاعَتَيْ šafāʕatay
Genitive	شَفاعَتَيْنِ šafāʕatayni	الشَّفاعَتَيْنِ aš-šafāʕatayni	شَفاعَتَيْ šafāʕatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَفاعَات šafāʕāt	الشَّفاعَات aš-šafāʕāt	شَفاعَات šafāʕāt
Nominative	شَفاعَاتٌ šafāʕātun	الشَّفاعَاتُ aš-šafāʕātu	شَفاعَاتُ šafāʕātu
Accusative	شَفاعَاتٍ šafāʕātin	الشَّفاعَاتِ aš-šafāʕāti	شَفاعَاتِ šafāʕāti
Genitive	شَفاعَاتٍ šafāʕātin	الشَّفاعَاتِ aš-šafāʕāti	شَفاعَاتِ šafāʕāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: şəfaət
• → Northern Kurdish: şefaet, شەفاعەت (şefa'et)
• → Persian: شفاعت
• → Ottoman Turkish: شفاعت (şefaat)
  • → Turkish: şefaat
• → Uzbek: shafoat