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شهو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 اشهاهُ ذ He gave him what he desired or eagerly desired. (K.) ― -b2- And He smote him with an [ evil ] eye: (K:) in this sense [said to be] formed by transposition from أَشَاهَهُ. (TA.) -A2- مَا أَشْهَاهَا اـِلَىَّ means that she is desired, or eagerly desired, [i. e. How great an object of desire is she to me! ] as though it were from شُهِىَ, though this was not said: and مَا أَشْهَانِى لَهَا means that thou art desiring, or eagerly desiring, [i. e. How desirous, or eagerly desirous, am I of her! ] so says Sb. (TA.)

Derived headwords

اشهاهُverb
  1. 1.
مَا أَشْهَاهَا اـِلَىَّ
مَا أَشْهَانِى لَهَا