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شَغَفٌ

Root: شغف

Full Definition

شَغَفٌ [app. Verbal.Noun of شَغِفَ: and accord. to Fei, app., Love reaching to the pericardium; or heartfelt love; see an ex. in a verse cited voce بَلْ; and see also حُبٌّ, and شَعَفٌ;] a subst. from شَغَفَ قَلْبَهُ, said of love.

def.2 See also شَغَافٌ, in two places.

def.3 Also The bark (نَجَب, AHn, O, or قِشْر, K) of the kind of tree called غاف.
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