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ش ه ق

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns sounds related to distress, gasping, or intense vocalization, often associated with crying, anger, or the sounds of animals like donkeys. It also extends metaphorically to concepts of height and intensity.

Derived headwords

شَهِقَverb
  1. 1.
    to gaspboth

    To have crying or breath held up in the chest, often indicating suppressed crying or distress.

  2. 2.
    to be struck by the evil eyeclassical

    Used metaphorically when someone's gaze is fixed on something out of admiration, fearing it might be affected by the evil eye.

شَهِيقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    gaspingboth

    The act of holding breath in the chest, often associated with crying or distress.

  2. 2.
    the latter part of a donkey's brayclassical

    Specifically refers to the final sound a donkey makes when braying.

  3. 3.
    moaningclassical

    A high-pitched, elevated moan, especially from someone in distress.

شُهُوقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    heightclassical

    The state of being high, tall, or elevated.

شَهْقَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    gaspboth

    A sudden, sharp intake of breath, often associated with crying, shock, or death.

تَشَهَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to gasp repeatedlyboth

    To gasp or cry out repeatedly, often in distress or as a prolonged sound.

تَشْهَاقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    repeated gaspingboth

    The act of repeated gasping or crying out, particularly the sound made by donkeys.

شَاهِقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    highboth

    Extremely high, tall, and lofty, typically used for mountains, buildings, or other elevated structures.

  2. 2.
    intensely angryclassical

    Describing someone whose anger is severe and intense.

شَوَاهِقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    heightsboth

    Plural of 'shāhiq', referring to high, lofty places, especially mountains.

شَاهِقname
  1. 1.
    Shāhiqclassical

    A mountain located near Bīlah.

شَهْقَةٌ كَالصَّيْحَةِnoun
  1. 1.
    a cry like a shoutclassical

    A gasp that resembles a loud cry or shout, often associated with sudden death.

ضَاحِكٌ تَشْهَاقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    laughing with gaspsclassical

    Describing someone who laughs with gasping sounds, possibly intensely or uncontrollably.

ذُو شَاهِقٍadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely angryclassical

    A person characterized by severe and intense anger.

ذُو صَاهِلٍadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely angryclassical

    Similar to 'dhū shāhiq', describing someone whose anger is intense and pronounced.

Parallel reading

إذا تردد البكاء في صدره
When crying is held up in his chest.
ردد البكاء في صدره
He held the crying up in his chest.
شهقت عين الناظر عليه: إذا أصابته بعين
The eye of the beholder gasped at him: meaning it struck him with the evil eye.
إذا شهقت عين عليه عزوته لغير أبيه أو نسيت تراقيا
If an eye gazes upon him with admiration, you attribute his lineage to someone other than his father, or you forget his high status.
الشاهق: المرتفع الطويل العالي الممتنع من الجبال
The lofty: the high, long, elevated, and inaccessible of the mountains.
العرق الشاهق هو الضارب إذا كان إلى فوق
The 'shāhiq' vein is the one that strikes upwards.
هو شاهق، أي إذا كان يشتد غضبه
He is 'shāhiq', meaning when his anger intensifies.
رجل ذو شاهق: شديد الغضب
A man 'dhū shāhiq': intensely angry.
شهيق الحمار: نهاقه
The donkey's 'shahīq': its bray.
شهيق الحمار: آخر صوته
The donkey's 'shahīq': the end of its sound.
الشهيق: رد النفس، والزفير: إخراجه
The 'shahīq': is holding the breath, and the 'zafīr': is exhaling it.
الشهيق: الأنين المرتفع
The 'shahīq': is the elevated moan.
بضرب يزيل الهام عن سكناته وطعن كتشهاق العفا هم بالنهق
With blows that remove heads from their places, and with stabs like the repeated braying of the wild donkeys when they intend to bray.
شهق فلان شهقة فمات
So-and-so gasped a gasp and died.
ضحك تشهاق
He laughed with repeated gasps.
فحل ذو شاهق، وذو صاهل: إذا هاج وصال فسمعت له صوتا، فيخرج من جوفه
A stallion 'dhū shāhiq', and 'dhū ṣāhil': when it becomes agitated and aggressive, and you hear a sound from it, it comes out from its core.