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اشرق

Root: شرق

Form: 4

Full Definition

اشرقIV : see 1, in six places. One says also, اشرق وَجْهُهُ, and لَوْنُهُ, His face, and his colour, or complexion, shone, and was bright, with beauty.
2 Some allow its being made trans.; [meaning It caused, or made, to shine;] as in the saying, ثَلَاثَةٌ تُشْرَقُ الدُّنْيَا بِبَهْجَتِهَا شَمْسُ الضُّحَى وَأَبُو إِسْحَاقَ والقَمَرُ [There are three things, with the beauty of which the world is made to shine; the sun of the bright early morning, and Aboo-Is-hák, and the moon]: but there is no proof in this, because [the right reading may be تُشْرِقُ, and so] الدنيا may be an agent; therefore the making the verb trans. [in this sense] is said to be post-classical, though it is mentioned by the author of the Ksh.
3 It signifies also He entered upon the time of sunrise: similarly to أَفْجَرَ, and أَصْبَحَ, and أَظْهَرَ. See 2.

def.2 اشرق عَدُوَّهُ He caused his enemy to become choked [with his spittle, or with water, or the like: see 1]. And أَشْرَقْتُ فُلَانًا بِرِيقِهِ [I choked the utterance, or impeded the action, of such a one;] I did not allow such a one to say, or to do, a thing.
2 اشرق الثَّوْبَ بِالصِّبْغِ, or فِى الصِّبْغِ, He exceeded the usual degree in dyeing the garment, or piece of cloth; [saturated it with dye;] or dyed it thoroughly.
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