شفق

See also: شقق and سقف

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ش ف ق (š-f-q).

Verb

شَفَقَ (šafaqa) I, non-past يَشْفُقُ or يَشْفِقُ‎ (yašfuqu or yašfiqu)

  1. (construed with عَلَى (ʿalā)) to feel compassion with, have mercy upon, pardon
  2. to love tenderly
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Etymology 2

Noun

شَفَق (šafaq) m (plural أَشْفَاق (ʾašfāq))

  1. verbal noun of شَفَقَ (šafaqa, to feel compassion with, have mercy upon) (form I)
  2. evening twilight
  3. ruddy light
  4. compassion, tender sympathy
  5. shore, tract of the coast
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