شفن

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a specific type of furtive or sidelong glance, often implying suspicion, jealousy, or disapproval. It can also refer to a pouch or sac, particularly one associated with the male anatomy.

Derived headwords

الشَّفَنnoun

1.
scrotumclassical
A pouch or sac, specifically referring to the scrotum.

شَفَنَverb

1.
to glance furtivelyboth
To look at something from the corner of your eye, often with suspicion or disapproval.

شَفَنْتُهُverb

1.
to look at him/it furtivelyboth
The first-person singular past tense of the verb 'to glance furtively' at someone or something.

أَشْفَنَهُverb

1.
to look at him/it furtivelyboth
The causative form (Form IV) of the verb, meaning to cause someone to look furtively or to look at someone/something furtively.

شُفُونًاnoun

1.
furtive lookingboth
The verbal noun (masdar) of the verb 'to glance furtively', denoting the act of looking from the corner of the eye.

شَافِنadjective

1.
furtive lookerboth
An active participle, describing someone who glances furtively.
2.
jealousclassical
Describing someone who is intensely jealous, implied by the furtive glance.

شَفُونadjective

1.
furtive lookerboth
An intensive active participle, emphasizing the act of looking furtively.
2.
jealousclassical
Describing someone who is intensely jealous.

شَنَفَverb

1.
he adorned the woman with earrings, so she wore themboth
he adorned the woman with earrings, so she wore them

شَنَفْتُ إليهverb

1.
I glanced sideways at him/itclassical
The first-person singular past tense of 'shanafa', meaning to glance sideways at someone or something.

Parallel reading

الشَّفَن بالتسكين: الكيس العاقل.

Ash-shafan (with sukoon): the intelligent pouch.

شفنته أشفنه بالكسر شفونا، إذا نظرت إليه بمؤخر عينك، فأنا شافن وشفون.

I looked at him/it furtively, I look at him/it furtively, a furtive looking, when you look at him/it from the corner of your eye, then I am a furtive looker and intensely jealous.

وهو الغيور.

And he is the jealous one.

شفنت إليه وشنفت بمعنى، وهو نظر في اعتراض.

I glanced furtively at him and I glanced sideways at him, meaning the same thing, which is a sidelong glance.

هو أن يرفع الإنسان طرفه ناظرا إلى الشئ كالمتعجب منه، أو كالكاره له.

It is when a person raises the edge of their eye, looking at something as if amazed by it, or as if disliking it.

وإذا شفن إلى الطريق رأينه لهقا كشاكلة الحصان الابلق

And when they glance furtively towards the road, we see them panting like the markings of a piebald horse.