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شفقل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be primarily used to denote a specific proper name, particularly that of a narrator associated with the poet Al-Farazdaq. Its semantic range is extremely limited, focusing on this single named entity.

Derived headwords

شِفْقَلname
  1. 1.
    Narrator of Al-Farazdaqclassical

    A proper name referring to a specific narrator of the works of the poet Al-Farazdaq. This is the primary and seemingly only usage of this term.

أبو شفقلname
  1. 1.
    Kunyah for Shifqilclassical

    The kunyah (patronymic or teknonym) 'Abu Shifqil', referring to the same individual named Shifqil, who was a narrator of Al-Farazdaq.

Parallel reading

شفقل: اسم.
Shifqil: A name.
وأبو شفقل: راوية الفرزدق
And Abu Shifqil: the narrator of Al-Farazdaq.
وقال ابن خالويه: اسم راوية الفرزدق شفقل
And Ibn Khalaweh said: the name of the narrator of Al-Farazdaq is Shifqil.
قال: ولا نظير لهذا الاسم.
He said: And there is no parallel to this name.