اشفق
Root: شفق
Form: 4
Full Definition
اشفقIV
signifies He feared, or was cautious; as also
شَفِقَ [in the CK شَفَقَ]; or only the former: [accord. to ISd,]
شَفِقَ , Verbal.Noun شَفَقٌ, signifies he feared: IDrd says, [in one of my copies of the S شفَقتُ] and أَشْفَقْتُ are syn., as some assert, but the lexicologists disallow this, saying that one should only say أَشْفَقْتُ: accord. to Er-Rághib, الإِشْفَاقُ signifies [the being affected with] care, or solicitude, mixed with fear; and when it is trans. by means of مِنْ, the meaning of fear is most apparent in it; but when trans. by means of عَلَى, the meaning of care, or solicitude, is most apparent in it: or it signifies [the being affected with] fright [or fear]; sometimes mixed with faithful or sincere or honest advice; and sometimes divested thereof: one says, أَشْفَقْتُ مِنْهُ, or مِنْ كَذَا, I feared, or was cautious of, him, or it, or such a thing: or اشفق مِنْهُ
he feared him, or it: and أَشْفَقْتُ عَلَيْهِ, (S, [in which it is implied that this differs from أَشْفَقْتُ مِنْهُ,]) or عَلَى الصَّغِيرِ, I was affectionate, kind, or compassionate, and favourably inclined, [towards him, or] towards the little one: and
, Present.T
ـِ is a dial. var. thereof [i. e. of أَشْفَقْتُ when trans. by means of عَلَى, and perhaps also when it is trans. by means of مِنْ]: or اشفق عَلَيْهِ signifies [he was solicitously affectionate, &c., towards him; agreeably with the explanation of Er-Rághib above, and with that here following;] he was affected with pity, or compassion, and tenderness, and fear, for him, at the same time giving him faithful or sincere or honest advice,
أَنْ يَنَالَهُ مَكْرُوهٌ [lest some disliked or evil event should betide him]: or he feared, or was cautious, for him: and اشفق مِنْهُ
he was impatient of him, or it: and
is a dial. var. [of اشفق when trans. by means of مِنْ, and app. also when trans. by means of عَلَى].
def.2 See also 2.
def.3 Also He entered upon [the time of] the شَفَق [q. v.]. And He came in a [time of] شَفَق: and so شفّق .
def.2 See also 2.
def.3 Also He entered upon [the time of] the شَفَق [q. v.]. And He came in a [time of] شَفَق: and so شفّق .
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