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شف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُشَفْشَفٌ ذ (O, K) and ↓ مُشَفْشِفٌ, (K,) the latter on the authority of IAar, (TA,) Slender, shallow, or weak, in intellect, and evil in disposition. (O, K.) And [both words agreeably with different explanations of the verb] One in whom is, (K,) or, accord. to Saad, one who is as though there were in him, (O,) a trembling, and confusion, (O, K,) resulting from jealousy, (K,) or from vehement jealousy, (O,) 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. (TA.)

Derived headwords

مُشَفْشَفٌ
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