شفع

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of pairing, joining, or interceding. It covers the opposite of odd numbers, the act of interceding on behalf of someone, and the right to claim a property that has been sold. It also extends to a mother animal with a young one and a specific type of milking cow.

Derived headwords

الشَّفْعnoun

1.
the opposite of oddboth
the opposite of odd

شَفَعَverb

1.
to make evenclassical
To make something even or to join it to another, thus making it an even number.
2.
to intercedeboth
To plead or mediate on behalf of someone else to another person.
3.
to have a youngclassical
Said of a female animal that has a young one and is pregnant with another.

شَفْعًاnoun

1.
an even numberclassical
The state of being an even number or a pair.

الشُّفْعَةnoun

1.
preemption rightboth
The right of a co-owner or neighbor to purchase a property (like a house or land) that has been sold, before it is transferred to the buyer.

الشَّفِيعnoun

1.
the owner of pre-emptionboth
the owner of pre-emption
2.
the owner of intercessionboth
the owner of intercession

شَافِعadjective

1.
pregnant with anotherclassical
Said of a female animal that has a young one and is pregnant with another, so the young one 'supports' or 'pairs' with the pregnancy.

شَفَعَتِ النَّاقَةُverb

1.
the she-camel had a youngclassical
The she-camel gave birth to a young one and is pregnant with another.

شَفُوعadjective

1.
milking twiceclassical
Said of a she-camel that can be milked twice in a single milking session, implying abundance.

اسْتَشْفَعَverb

1.
to ask to intercedeboth
To request someone to intercede on your behalf to another person.

تَشَفَّعَverb

1.
he interceded with him for so-and-so, and he allowed him to intercede for himboth
he interceded with him for so-and-so, and he allowed him to intercede for him

تَشْفِيعnoun

1.
intercessionboth
The act of interceding or pleading for someone.

بَنُو شَافِعname

1.
Banu Shafi'classical
A lineage or clan descended from Shafi', specifically mentioned as being from the Banu Muttalib.

الشَّافِعِيّname

1.
Al-Shafi'iboth
A famous Muslim jurist and theologian, founder of one of the four major Sunni schools of Islamic jurisprudence.

Parallel reading

الشَّفْعُ: خِلَافُ الزَّوْجِ، وَهُوَ خِلَافُ الوَتَرِ.

The even number: the opposite of the pair, and it is the opposite of the odd number.

تَقُولُ: كَانَ وَتَرًا فَشَفَعْتُهُ شَفْعًا.

You say: 'It was odd, so I made it even.'

وَالشُّفْعَةُ فِي الدَّارِ وَالأَرْضِ.

And the preemption right is in the house and the land.

وَالشَّفِيعُ: صَاحِبُ الشُّفْعَةِ وَصَاحِبُ الشَّفَاعَةِ.

And the intercessor/holder of preemption right: the owner of the preemption right and the owner of intercession.

وَنَاقَةٌ شَافِعٌ: فِي بَطْنِهَا وَلَدٌ وَيَتْبَعُهَا آخَرُ.

And a she-camel is 'shafi'' (pregnant with another): she has a young one in her belly and another follows (is conceived).

تَقُولُ مِنْهُ: شَفَعَتِ النَّاقَةُ شَفْعًا.

You say from it: 'The she-camel gave birth and conceived again.'

فَالشَّافِعُ الَّتِي مَعَهَا وَلَدُهَا، سُمِّيَتْ شَافِعًا لِأَنَّ وَلَدَهَا شَفَعَهَا وَشَفَعَتُهُ هِيَ.

So the 'shafi'' is she who has her young with her; she is named 'shafi'' because her young one accompanies her and she is pregnant with another.

وَنَاقَةٌ شَفُوعٌ، وَهِيَ الَّتِي تَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ مَحْلَبَيْنِ فِي حَلْبَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ.

And a she-camel is 'shufu'' (milking twice), and she is the one that yields two milkings in one session.

وَاسْتَشْفَعْتُهُ إِلَى فُلَانٍ، أَيْ سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ يَشْفَعَ لِي إِلَيْهِ.

And I asked him to intercede to so-and-so, meaning I asked him to intercede for me to him.

وَتَشَفَّعْتُ إِلَيْهِ فِي فُلَانٍ فَشَفَعَنِي فِيهِ تَشْفِيعًا.

And I interceded to him on behalf of so-and-so, and he accepted my intercession for him, an intercession.

وَبَنُو شَافِعٍ، مِنْ بَنِي الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ، مِنْهُمُ الشَّافِعِيُّ.

And Banu Shafi', from Banu al-Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf, among them is Al-Shafi'i.