شفع

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Arabic

Etymology

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

Verb

شَفَعَ (šafaʕa) I (non-past يَشْفَعُ (yašfaʕu), verbal noun شَفْع (šafʕ))

  1. to double; to add to

Conjugation

Verb

شَفَعَ (šafaʕa) I (non-past يَشْفَعُ (yašfaʕu), verbal noun شَفَاعَة (šafāʕa))

  1. to intercede

Conjugation

Noun

شَفْع (šafʕm

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

Declension

Noun

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

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

Declension