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شَغَفَهُ

Root: شغف

Form: 1

Full Definition

شَغَفَهُI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun شَغْفٌ, He, or it, struck, or smote, his شَغَاف; like كَبَدَهُ meaning “ he, or it, struck, or smote, his كَبِد ” [or “ liver ”]; so says Yoo: or it rent the شَغَاف of his heart: or it reached his شَغَاف: or شَغَفَ قَلْبَهُ it reached the شَغَاف of his heart, i. e. his pericardium. I'Ab read, [in the Kur xii. 30,] قَدْ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّا, and expl. the meaning to be [He has affected her so that] the love of him has entered beneath the شَغَاف: or the meaning is, the love of him has struck, or smitten, her شَغَاف: or he has rent the شَغَاف of her heart, i. e. its حِجَاب, [app. meaning her midriff,] so as to reach her heart, with love: Abu-l-Ash-hab read قَدْ شَغِفَهَا حُبًّا, with kesr to the غ, [meaning he has became attached to her, or has loved her,] like the reading of Thábit El-Bunyánee, شَعِفَهَا, with kesr to the unpointed ء: [for] شَغِفَهُ, Present.T ـَ [Verbal.Noun app. شَغَفٌ,] signifies he became attached to him, or loved him. One says also, شَغَفَهُ المَالُ, meaning The property became embellished to him, [or pleasing to him,] so that he loved it. And شُغِفَ بِالشَّىْءِ, like عُنِىَ, He was, or became, vehemently desirous of the thing; or fond of it. And شَغِفَ بِالشَّىْءِ, like فَرِحَ, He became disquieted, or disturbed, by the thing.
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