شَاغِلٌ
Root: شغل
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شَاغِلٌ
act. part. n. of شَغَلَهُ; [Busying, occupying, or employing; &c.;] applied to a man, or to an affair. [Hence,] one says, عَنْكَ الشَّوَاغِلُ [Busying affairs busied me, or have busied me, so as to divert me from thee]: the last word being pl. of شَاغِلٌ. شُغْلٌ شَاغِلٌ [lit. Busying business, or the like,] has an intensive meaning: the latter word in this case is a corroborative, as in لَيْلٌ
لَائِلٌ.
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