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شوق

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of longing, yearning, and intense desire for something or someone. It describes the inner turmoil and emotional pull experienced when one misses or craves something absent.

Derived headwords

الشَّوْقُnoun
  1. 1.
    the yearning of the soul for somethingboth

    the yearning of the soul for something

الِاشْتِيَاقُnoun
  1. 1.
    the yearning of the soul for somethingboth

    the yearning of the soul for something

شَاقَverb
  1. 1.
    to make long forboth

    To cause someone to feel intense desire or longing for something.

يَشُوقُverb
  1. 1.
    to make long forboth

    Present tense of the verb meaning to cause intense desire or longing.

شَائِقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    so he is yearningboth

    so he is yearning

مَشُوقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    and that is yearned forboth

    and that is yearned for

شَوَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to arouse longingboth

    To stir up or incite a feeling of longing or desire in someone.

تَشَوَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to become aroused with longingboth

    To experience an increase in longing or desire, often in response to something that incites it.

Parallel reading

الشوق والاشتياق: نزاع النفس إلى الشئ.
Longing and yearning: the soul's struggle towards a thing.
يقال: شاقنى الشئ يشوقني، فهو شائق وأنا مشوق.
It is said: a thing made me long, it makes me long, it is desirable and I am longing.
وشوقني فتشوقت، إذا هيج شوقك.
And it aroused my longing, so I became longing, when your longing was incited.
يا دار مى بالد كاديك البرق سقيا فقد هيجت شوق المشتئق
O dwelling of Mayy in the desert of Kadik, may the lightning water you, for you have incited the longing of the one who yearns.
همز ما ليس بمهموز ضرورة.
To use a hamza for what does not have a hamza is a necessity (poetic license).