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شعفر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

The root شعفر appears to be primarily associated with proper names, specifically female names and tribal lineages. It is also linked to a description of a specific type of woman or a lineage name.

Derived headwords

شعفرname
  1. 1.
    female nameclassical

    A name given to women.

  2. 2.
    lineage nameclassical

    A name referring to a specific lineage or tribe, such as Banu al-Sa'lah.

السعلاةname
  1. 1.
    she-demonclassical

    A female demon or monstrous creature, used here to identify a lineage.

شعفرname
  1. 1.
    name of a womanclassical

    A proper name for a woman, as cited by Ibn al-A'rabi.

Parallel reading

شعفر: من أسماء النساء
Sha'far: among the names of women.
يا ليت أني لم أكن كريا، ... ولم أسق بشعفر المطيا
Oh, I wish I had not been a noble, ... and had not drunk from the Sha'far of the al-Mutiya.
شعفر بطن من ثعلبة يقال لهم بنو السعلاة
Sha'far is a clan of Tha'labah, who are called the Banu al-Sa'lah.
وقيل: هو اسم امرأة
And it was said: it is the name of a woman.
صادتك يوم الرملتين شعفر
Sha'far captured you on the day of the two sandy tracts.
هي شغفر، بالغين المعجمة
It is Shaghfar, with the voiced ghayn.