شُقُورٌ
Root: شقر
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شُقُورٌ
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شَقُورٌ A want; or a needful, or requisite, thing, affair, or business: or the former signifies wants: A'Obeyd says that the former word is the more correct, because شُقُورٌ signifies things, or affairs, that cleave to the heart, disquieting it; and is pl. of
شَقْرٌ ; and that
شَقُورٌ , with fet-h, has the signification of an epithet [meaning cleaving to the heart and disquieting it]: or, accord. to some, this latter signifies grief, mourning, sorrow, or sadness; disquietude of mind: or disquietude of mind that causes one to be sleepless: the former is also expl. as signifying a man's case, and his secret: and ↓ both are also said to signify tidings: and a man's state, or condition. One says, أَخْبَرْتُهُ بِشُقُورِى
I acquainted him with my want; like as one says أَفْضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ بِعُجَرِى
وَبُجَرِى: or I acquainted him with my tidings. And أَفْضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ بِشُقُورِى
I acquainted him with my case, and with what I kept secret from others; and so نَفَضْتُ لَهُ
شُقُورِى: or I revealed to him my secret, and acquainted him with all my affairs. And
بَثَّهُ , and شُقُورَهُ, He complained to him of his state, or condition.
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