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شهق

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of rising, elevation, and intense sound, particularly in the context of breathing and vocalization. It extends to descriptions of high places, strong emotions like anger, and the sounds made by animals and humans, including laughter and cries.

Derived headwords

شَهِقَverb
  1. 1.
    he gasped (with fath) he gasps (with fath and kasr) a gasp in bothboth

    he gasped (with fath) he gasps (with fath and kasr) a gasp in both

  2. 2.
    so-and-so gasped a gasp and diedboth

    so-and-so gasped a gasp and died

يَشْهَقُverb
  1. 1.
    to riseboth

    Present tense of the verb meaning to ascend or become elevated in height.

  2. 2.
    to gaspboth

    Present tense of the verb meaning to inhale sharply and audibly.

شَاهِقadjective
  1. 1.
    high, toweringboth

    Describing something that is very tall or elevated, especially mountains.

  2. 2.
    intense (anger)classical

    Used to describe someone whose anger is severe or extreme.

شَهِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    the braying of the donkey is the end of its soundboth

    the braying of the donkey is the end of its sound

شَهْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gasp, cryboth

    A sudden, sharp inhalation or cry, which can be so intense as to cause death.

تَشْهَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    gasping, cryingclassical

    The act of gasping or crying out loudly, synonymous with شهيق.

  2. 2.
    loud laughterclassical

    Describing laughter that is loud and perhaps uncontrolled.

Parallel reading

ارتفع
it rose
والشاهق: الجبل المرتفع
And the towering one: the high mountain.
وفلان ذو شاهق، إذا كان يشتد غضبه
And so-and-so is one of intense anger, if his rage intensifies.
وشهيق الحمار: آخر صوته
And the donkey's gasp: the end of its bray.
وزفيره: أوله
And its exhalation: its beginning.
وقد شهق يشهق ويشهق شهيقا
And he gasped, he gasps, and he gasped a gasp.
ويقال: الشهيق: رد النفس
And it is said: The gasp is the drawing in of breath.
والزفير: إخراجه
And the exhalation is its expulsion.
والشهقة كالصيحة
And the gasp is like a cry.
يقال: شهق فلان شهقة فمات
It is said: So-and-so gasped a gasp and died.
والتشهاق: الشهيق
And the loud gasp: the gasp.
بضرب يزيل الهام عن سكناته وطعن كتشهاق العفاهم بالنهق
With blows that remove heads from their resting places and stabs like the loud cries of the doomed with their braying.
ويقال: ضحك تشهاق
And it is said: he laughed a loud, gasping laugh.
تقول خود ذات طرف براق مزاحة تقطع هم المشتاق ذات أقاويل وضحك تشهاق
A young woman with sparkling eyes says, jesting, cutting through the worries of the longing one, possessing sayings and a loud, gasping laugh.
هلا اشتريت حنطة بالرستاق
Why don't you buy wheat in Rustaq?