شَفِقَ
Root: شفق
Form: 1
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شَفِقَI
: see 4, in five places.
2 شَفِقَ عَلَيْهِ signifies He was niggardly of it: [thus] the saying [of a poet]
2 شَفِقَ عَلَيْهِ signifies He was niggardly of it: [thus] the saying [of a poet]
means [Like as the household] are niggardly of the provision: because he who is niggardly of a thing is مُشْفِقٌ عَلَيْهِ [i. e. fearful, or cautious, on account of it].كَمَا شَفِقَتْ عَلَى الزَّادِ العِيَالُ
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