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شها

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns desire, longing, and appetite, particularly for food. It extends to keenness of sight and a strong inclination towards something.

Derived headwords

الشَّهْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    well-knownboth

    well-known

شَهِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning desiredboth

    meaning desired

شَهْوَانadjective
  1. 1.
    desirous of the thingboth

    desirous of the thing

شَهِيتُverb
  1. 1.
    I desired the thing when I craved itboth

    I desired the thing when I craved it

  2. 2.
    I desired the thing with kasra, a desire: I craved itboth

    I desired the thing with kasra, a desire: I craved it

أَشْهَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make one desireboth

    To cause someone to desire or crave something.

تَشَهَّيْتُverb
  1. 1.
    to crave (on someone's behalf)classical

    To express a craving for something, sometimes implying it is for another person.

يُشْهِيverb
  1. 1.
    it makes food desirable: meaning it encourages its cravingboth

    it makes food desirable: meaning it encourages its craving

شَاهِيadjective
  1. 1.
    keen-sighted, sharp-eyedclassical

    Having very sharp or keen eyesight.

قَلْبٌ شَائِهٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sharp mindclassical

    A mind that is sharp, keen, or quick-witted.

Parallel reading

الشهوة معروفة.
Desire is known.
وطعام شهي، أي مشتهى.
And appetizing food, meaning desired.
ورجل شهوان للشئ.
And a man desirous of a thing.
وشهيت الشئ بالكسر أشهاه شهوة، إذا اشتهيته.
And I desired the thing (with kasra), I desire it a desire, if you desired it.
وتشهيت على فلان كذا.
And I craved such-and-such for so-and-so.
وهذا شئ يشهى الطعام، أي يحمل على اشتهائه.
And this is something that stimulates appetite for food, meaning it leads to desiring it.
ورجل شاهي البصر: قلب شائه البصر، أي حديد البصر.
And a man keen of sight: a sharp-minded person regarding sight, meaning sharp of sight.