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الشغاف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the innermost part of the heart, its coverings, or affections related to it. It also extends to describe certain ailments, locations, and states of intense emotion or madness.

Derived headwords

الشِّغَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Heart's coveringboth

    The membrane or covering that encloses the heart.

  2. 2.
    Heart's essenceclassical

    The core, nucleus, or vital part of the heart.

  3. 3.
    Phlegm's dwellingclassical

    The place where phlegm resides within the heart.

شُغِفَverb
  1. 1.
    To be deeply attachedboth

    To become intensely fond of or infatuated with someone or something.

شَغَفَverb
  1. 1.
    To afflict the heartclassical

    To affect the heart deeply, often with love or pain.

شَغَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Heart's coreboth

    The innermost part or essence of the heart.

شُغِفَverb
  1. 1.
    To be afflictedclassical

    To be struck by a disease or pain, particularly in the heart or abdomen.

شَغَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Abdominal painclassical

    Pain in the abdomen.

  2. 2.
    Disease below ribsclassical

    An ailment affecting the area beneath the ribs, specifically on the right side.

شَغَافname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name in Oman.

شَغَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Ghaf tree barkclassical

    The bark of the Ghaf tree.

مَشْغُوفadjective
  1. 1.
    Madboth

    Possessed, insane, or overcome by intense emotion.

Parallel reading

الشغاف، كسحاب: غلاف القلب، أو حجابه، أو حبته، أو سويداؤه، أو مولج البلغم
Al-shighāf, like suhāb: the covering of the heart, or its veil, or its nucleus, or its blackness, or the entry of phlegm.
كالشغف فيهما، ويحرك
Like al-shaghaf in both of them, and it is vocalized with a vowel.
وكمنعه: أصاب شغافه
And like man'a: he struck its core.
وكفرح: علق به
And like fariḥa: he became attached to it.
وكسحاب وغراب: داء يأخذ تحت الشراسيف من الشق الأيمن
And like suhāb and ghurāb: a disease that takes hold beneath the ribs on the right side.
ووجع البطن
And abdominal pain.
ووجع شغاف القلب
And pain of the heart's core.
وكجبل: ع بعمان
And like jabal: a place name in Oman.
وقشر الغاف
And the bark of the Ghaf tree.
والمشغوف: المجنون
And al-mashghūf: the mad one.