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شَقَاوَةٌ

Root: شقو

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شَقَاوَةٌ an Verbal.Noun of شَقِىَ; or a simple subst.; signifying Unprosperousness, &c.; [see its verb;] contr. of سَعَادَةٌ: it is of two kinds; أُخْرَاوِيَّةٌ [relating to the world to come] and دُنْيَاوِيَّةٌ [relating to the present world]: and the latter is of three kinds; نَفْسِيَّةٌ [relating to the soul] and بَدَنِيَّةٌ [relating to the body] and خَارِجِيَّةٌ [relating to external circumstances].
2 Also Fatigue; syn. تَعَبٌ; but the latter has a more general signification; every شقاوة being تعب, but every تعب is not شقاوة.


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