شَوْقٌ

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شَوْقٌ Desire, or yearning or longing of the soul, إِلَى شَىْءٍ for a thing; as also : [or] the motion of love: pl. أَشْوَاقٌ. One says, بَرَّحَ بِى الشَّوْقُ [Desire, &c., distressed me]: and بَلَغَتْ مِنِّى الأَشْوَاقُ [meaning in like manner Desires, &c., distressed me]. بَنَاتُ الشَّوْقِ means The effects of الشوق [or desire, &c.].

def.2 Also Verbal.Noun of 1 [q. v.].

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