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الشوق

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense longing, desire, and yearning, often with a passionate or emotional component. It extends to meanings of pulling, stretching, and securing, as well as physical exertion and endurance.

Derived headwords

الشَّوْقnoun
  1. 1.
    longing, yearningboth

    A strong desire or yearning of the soul, often accompanied by emotional movement and passion.

  2. 2.
    excitement, agitationclassical

    The stirring or arousal of passion or desire.

أَشْوَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    longings, yearningsboth

    The plural form of 'shawq', referring to multiple instances or types of intense desire.

شَاقَنيverb
  1. 1.
    it stirred meclassical

    To excite or agitate someone, particularly with longing or passion.

شَوَّقَنيverb
  1. 1.
    it made me longclassical

    To cause someone to feel longing or desire; to make one yearn.

شَاقَ الطُّنُبَverb
  1. 1.
    it secured the tent poleclassical

    To pull tightly and secure a tent pole to a peg or anchor.

شَاقَ القِرْبَةَverb
  1. 1.
    it propped the waterskinclassical

    To set up a waterskin, propping it against a wall.

مُشَوَّقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    propped upclassical

    Describing a waterskin that has been set up and propped against a wall.

شَوْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    longing for the hereafterclassical

    A yearning or desire specifically for the afterlife or the eternal.

الأَشْوَقadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Describing someone or something as being tall or long.

الشِّيَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    strap, tieclassical

    A strap or tie used to secure or bind something tightly to another object.

كِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    one who longsclassical

    A person who is experiencing longing or yearning.

اشْتَاقَهُverb
  1. 1.
    he longed for him/itboth

    To feel a strong desire or yearning for someone or something.

اشْتَاقَ إِلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    he longed for him/itboth

    To feel a strong desire or yearning for someone or something.

تَشَوَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    he feigned longingclassical

    To display longing or desire artificially or pretentiously.

Parallel reading

الشَّوْق: نزاع النفس، وحركة الهوى
Longing: the soul's struggle, and the movement of desire.
وقد شاقني حبها: هاجني
And her love stirred me: it excited me.
كشوقني
As it made me long.
وبالضم: العشاق، وجمع الأشوق
And with dammah: the lovers, and the plural of the tall ones.
وشاق الطنب إلى الوتد: شده وأوثقه به
And he secured the tent pole to the peg: he tightened it and fastened it to it.
وشاق القربة: نصبها مسندة إلى الحائط، وهي مشوقة
And he propped the waterskin: he set it up leaning against the wall, and it was propped.
ويونس بن أحمد بن شوقة الأندلسي: روى عنه ابن شق الليل
And Yunus bin Ahmad bin Shawqah Al-Andalusi: Ibn Shaqq Al-Layl narrated from him.
وشق شق فلانا: شوقة إلى الآخرة
And Shawq Shawq bin Fulana: a longing for the hereafter.
والأشوق: الطويل
And Al-Ashwaq: the tall one.
والشياق، ككتاب: الذي يمد به الشيء ليشد إلى شيء
And Al-Shiyaq, like Kitab: that by which something is extended to be tied to something.
وككيس: المشتاق
And like Kays: the one who longs.
واشتاقه، وإليه: بمعنى
And he longed for him, and to him: meaning the same.
وتشوق: أظهره تكلفا
And he feigned longing: he showed it artificially.