شفق

1 شَفِقَ ذ and شَفَقَ : see 4, in five places. ― -b2- شَفِقَ عَلَيْهِ signifies He was niggardly of it: (TA:) [thus] the saying [of a poet] كَمَا شَفِقَتْ عَلَى الزَّادِ العِيَالُ means [ Like as the household ] are niggardly of the provision: (IDrd, M, O:) because he who is niggardly of a thing is عَلَيْهِ ↓ مُشْفِقٌ [i. e. fearful, or cautious, on account of it ]. (M.)