شغفر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be very rare and possibly obscure, primarily associated with descriptions of women. It is mentioned in relation to a beautiful woman and, conversely, in a poem describing women as ugly, using the term to denote ugliness.

Derived headwords

الشَّغْفَرnoun

1.
beautiful womanclassical
A term referring to a beautiful woman, though its usage is noted as neglected by al-Jawhari.

شَغْفَرname

1.
Shagharclassical
The name of a woman, the wife of Abu al-Tawq al-Arabi.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري

Al-Jawhari neglected it.

هي (المرأة الحسناء)

She is (the beautiful woman).

شغفر، (بلا لام) : اسم (امرأة أبي الطوق الأعرابي)

Shaghar, (without the definite article): the name of (the wife of Abu al-Tawq al-Arabi).

أنشد عمرو بن بحر له فيها

Amr ibn Bahr recited for him about her.

وكانت وصفت بالقبح والشناعة

And she was described with ugliness and hideousness.

جاموسة وفيلة وخنزر وكلهن في الجمال شغفر

A she-buffalo, an elephant, and a pig, and all of them in beauty are Shaghar.

فجمعها للتشابه

So he gathered them together for their similarity.