مُشَفْشَفٌ

Root: شف

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مُشَفْشَفٌ and مُشَفْشِفٌ , the latter on the authority of IAar, Slender, shallow, or weak, in intellect, and evil in disposition. And [both words agreeably with different explanations of the verb] One in whom is, or, accord. to Saad, one who is as though there were in him, a trembling, and confusion, resulting from jealousy, or from vehement jealousy, and solicitous affection, or pity or compassion, for his حُرَم [or wives, or women under covert, and household, (in the CK his حَرَم,)] as though jealousy wasted his heart, and made him lank and lean: or evil in disposition, and very jealous: and ↓ the latter word, solicitously affectionate; or pitying, or compassionating.

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