شهو

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns desire, longing, and craving. It encompasses the intensity of wanting something, whether it's a basic need like food or a more abstract or even illicit inclination. The root also extends to related concepts like intense appetite, covetousness, and even physical attractiveness or resemblance.

Derived headwords

شَهِيَverb

1.
to desireboth
To have a strong longing or craving for something.
2.
to be desirableboth
To be attractive or appealing, causing desire in others.

شَهْوَةnoun

1.
desireboth
A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen; longing or craving.
2.
appetiteboth
A strong liking for something, especially food.
3.
lustboth
Intense sexual desire.
4.
covetousnessboth
A desire for things that are not one's own, often illicit.

الشهوة اشتياق النفس إلى الشيء — Desire is the soul's longing for something.

شَهَوَاتnoun

1.
desiresboth
Plural of شهوة, referring to various strong wants or cravings.

زين للناس حب الشهوات — Beloved by people are the desires for women, children,...

أَشْهِيَةnoun

1.
desiresclassical
Another plural form of شهوة, referring to strong wants or cravings.

شَهَاnoun

1.
desiresclassical
A rare plural form of شهوة, referring to strong wants or cravings.

اشْتَهَاهُverb

1.
to desire itboth
To have a strong longing or craving for something.
2.
to love itboth
To find something appealing and desirable.

واشتهاه: أحبه ورغب فيه — And 'ishtahaahu': he loved it and desired it.

تَشَهَّاهُverb

1.
to desire itboth
To have a strong longing or craving for something.
2.
to love itboth
To find something appealing and desirable.

وتشهاه: أحبه ورغب فيه — And 'tashahhaahu': he loved it and desired it.

مُشْتَهَىnoun

1.
object of desireboth
Something that is strongly desired or craved.
2.
desireboth
The feeling of longing or craving itself.

المشتهى: الشهوة — The 'mushtaha': the desire.

شَهِيّadjective

1.
desirableboth
Appealing, attractive, and causing desire.
2.
deliciousboth
Pleasing to the taste; appetizing.

ماء شهي: لذيذ زنة ومعنى — Delicious water: pleasant in form and meaning.

شَهْوَانadjective

1.
very desirousboth
A man who is intensely desirous or has strong appetites.

ورجل شهوان وشهواني: إذا كان شديد الشهوة — And a man 'shahwan' and 'shahwani': if he is intense in desire.

شَهْوَانِيّadjective

1.
very desirousboth
A man who is intensely desirous or has strong appetites.

ورجل شهوان وشهواني: إذا كان شديد الشهوة — And a man 'shahwan' and 'shahwani': if he is intense in desire.

شَهْوَىnoun

1.
woman of strong desireclassical
A woman characterized by intense desire or appetite.

وهي شهوى، ج شهاوى — And she is 'shahwa', plural 'shawaawi'.

شَهَاوَىnoun

1.
women of strong desireclassical
Plural of شهوى, referring to women characterized by intense desire or appetite.
2.
people of strong appetiteclassical
Referring to people, especially men, with a strong appetite, particularly for food.

وهي شهوى، ج شهاوى — And she is 'shahwa', plural 'shawaawi'.

يقال: قوم شهاوى، أي ذوو شهوة شديدة للأكل — It is said: a people 'shawaawi', meaning possessors of intense desire for eating.

أَشْهَاهُverb

1.
to give him his desireboth
To provide someone with what they strongly desire or crave.
2.
to make him desireboth
To cause someone to have a strong longing for something.

وأشهاه: أعطاه مشتهاه — And 'ashhaahu': he gave him his desire.

أَشْهَاهُverb

1.
to strike him with the evil eyeclassical
To afflict someone with the 'evil eye', a malevolent gaze believed to cause misfortune.

أشهه: أصابه بعين، مقلوب أشآه — 'Ashhaahu': he afflicted him with the evil eye, a reversal of 'ash'aahu'.

تَشَهَّىverb

1.
to crave repeatedlyboth
To express or feel a succession of desires or cravings.

وتشهى على فلان كذا: اقترح شهوة بعد شهوة — And 'tashahhaa' for someone such-and-such: to propose a desire after a desire.

شَاهِي البَصَرadjective

1.
sharp-sightedclassical
Having keen or sharp eyesight.

ورجل شَاهِي البصر: أي حَدِيدُه، مقلوب شائه البصر — And a man 'shaahi al-basar': meaning sharp-sighted, a reversal of 'shaa'ih al-basar'.

مُشَاهَاةnoun

1.
resemblanceboth
The state of being similar or alike to someone.

وشاهه مشاهاة: أشبهه — And 'shaahaahu' 'mushaahaatan': he resembled him.

شَهَاءadjective

1.
very desirousclassical
A man characterized by intense desire or appetite.

ورجل شَهَّاء: كثير الشهوة — And a man 'shahaa'': much in desire.

شَاهَاهُverb

1.
to resemble himboth
To be similar or alike to someone.

وشاهه مشاهاة: أشبهه — And 'shaahaahu' 'mushaahaatan': he resembled him.

شَاهِيَةnoun

1.
desireboth
The feeling of longing or craving, used as a مصدر (verbal noun).

والشاهية: الشهوة، مصدر كالعاقبة — And 'shaahiyah': desire, a verbal noun like 'aaqibah'.

يَشْتَهِيverb

1.
he desiresboth
He has a strong longing or craving for something.
2.
he cravesboth
He has an intense desire for something, especially food.

وحيل بينهم وبين ما يشتهون — And a barrier will be placed between them and what they desire.

يُشْهِيverb

1.
it makes one desireboth
Something that causes or provokes desire in a person.

وهذا شيء يشهي الطعام: أي يحمل على اشتهائه — And this is something that 'yushhi' food: meaning it leads to desiring it.

شَاهَاهُverb

1.
to joke with himclassical
To engage in playful banter or jesting with someone.

وشهاه في إصابة العين، وشَاهَاهُ إذا مازحه — And 'shahaahu' in striking with the eye, and 'shaahaahu' if he joked with him.

Parallel reading

شهيه، كرضيه ودعاه

He desired it, like 'radiyahu' and 'da'aahu'.

يشهاه يشهوه شهوة

He desires it, he craves it with desire.

الأخيرة لغة عن أبي زيد

The latter is a dialectal form from Abu Zayd.

واشتهاه وتشهاه: أحبه ورغب فيه

And 'ishtahaahu' and 'tashahhaahu': he loved it and desired it.

الشهوة اشتياق النفس إلى الشيء

Desire is the soul's longing for something.

والجمع شهوات وأشهية

And the plural is 'shahawaat' and 'ashhiyah'.

أصل الشهوة نزوع النفس إلى ما تريده

The origin of desire is the soul's inclination towards what it wants.

وذلك في الدنيا ضربان: صادقة وكاذبة

And that in this world is of two types: true and false.

فالصادقة ما يختل البدن من دونه كشهوة الطعام عند الجوع

The true one is that which the body cannot do without, like the desire for food when hungry.

والكاذبة ما لا يختل من دونه وقد يسمى المشتهى شهوة

And the false one is that which the body can do without, and the object of desire may be called desire.

وقد يقال للقوة التي تشتهي الشيء شهوة

And the power that desires something may be called desire.

زين للناس حب الشهوات

Adorned for people is the love of desires.

يحتمل الشهوتين

It may refer to both types of desire.

واتبعوا الشهوات، فهذا من الشهوات الكاذبة ومن المشتهيات المستغنى عنها

And they followed desires; this is from the false desires and from the dispensable objects of desire.

والشهوة الخفية: كل شيء من المعاصي يضمره صاحبه ويصر عليه وإن لم يعمل

And hidden desire: every sin that one conceals and persists in, even if not acted upon.

وقيل: حب اطلاع الناس على العمل

And it was said: the love of people knowing about one's deeds.

وحيل بينهم وبين ما يشتهون

And a barrier will be placed between them and what they desire.

أي يرغبون فيه من الرجوع إلى الدنيا

Meaning, what they desire of returning to this world.

ورجل شهي، كغني، وشهوان وشهواني: إذا كان شديد الشهوة

And a man 'shahiyy', like 'ghaniyy', and 'shahwan' and 'shahwani': if he is intense in desire.

ومننه قول رابعة: يا! شهواني

And among them is the saying of Rabia: Oh! My desirous one.

وهي شهوى، ج شهاوى، كسكارى

And she is 'shahwa', plural 'shawaawi', like 'sakaraa'.

يقال: قوم شهاوى، أي ذوو شهوة شديدة للأكل

It is said: a people 'shawaawi', meaning possessors of intense desire for eating.

فهي شهاوى وهو شهواني

So they are 'shawaawi' and he is 'shahwani'.

وأشهاه: أعطاه مشتهاه

And 'ashhaahu': he gave him his desire.

وأشهه: أصابه بعين، مقلوب أشآه

And 'ashhaahu': he afflicted him with the evil eye, a reversal of 'ash'aahu'.

وتشهى على فلان كذا: اقترح شهوة بعد شهوة

And 'tashahhaa' for someone such-and-such: to propose a desire after a desire.

ورجل شَاهِي البصر: أي حَدِيدُه، مقلوب شائه البصر

And a man 'shaahi al-basar': meaning sharp-sighted, a reversal of 'shaa'ih al-basar'.

نقله الجوهري

Al-Jawhari transmitted it.

وموسى شهوات: شاعر م معروف، هو موسى بن يسار مولى بني تيم، لقب به بقوله ليزيد بن معاوية: لست منا وليس خالك منا يا مضيع الصلاة للشهوات

And Musa Shahawaat: a known poet, he is Musa ibn Yasar, a freedman of Banu Taym, he was given this nickname by his saying to Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah: You are not from us, and your maternal uncle is not from us, O you who neglects prayer for desires.

وشاهه مشاهاة: أشبهه

And 'shaahaahu' 'mushaahaatan': he resembled him.

الشهوة كما تجمع على شهوات تجمع على أشهية

Desire, just as it is pluralized as 'shahawaat', is pluralized as 'ashhiyah'.

وعلى شها كغرف؛ نقله أبو حيان في شرح التسهيل

And as 'shahaa' like 'ghuraf'; Abu Hayyan transmitted it in Sharh al-Tasheel.

وأنشد لامرأة من بني نصر بن معاوية: فلولا الشهى والله كنت جديرة بأن أترك اللذات في كل مشهد

And he recited for a woman from Banu Nasr ibn Mu'awiyah: If not for the desires, by God, I would have been worthy of abandoning pleasures in every scene.

وهو جمع نادر ونظيره صهوة وصها كما سيأتي

And it is a rare plural, and its parallel is 'sahwah' and 'sahaa' as will come.

وماء شهي: لذيذ زنة ومعنى

And delicious water: pleasant in form and meaning.

وما أشهاها وما أشهاني لها؛ قال سيبويه؛ إذا قلت ما أشهاها إلي فإنما تخبر أنها متشهاة، وكأنه على شهي، وإن لم يتكلم به، فما أشهاها كما أحظاها، وإذا قلت: ما أشهاني فإنما تخبر أنك شاه

And 'ma ashhaahaa' and 'ma ashhaanii lahaa'; Sibawayh said: When you say 'ma ashhaahaa ilayya', you are only informing that it is 'mutashahhaah', and it is as if it is based on 'shahiyy', even if it is not spoken. So 'ma ashhaahaa' is like 'ma ahzaahaa', and when you say 'ma ashhaanii', you are informing that you are 'shaahin'.

وهذا شيء يشهي الطعام: أي يحمل على اشتهائه، نقله الجوهري

And this is something that 'yushhi' food: meaning it leads to desiring it, transmitted by Al-Jawhari.

والمشتهى: الشهوة

And the 'mushtaha': the desire.

وقصر المشتهى: في روضة مصر خرب الآن، وفيه يقول سيدي عمر بن الفارض، قدس سره: وطني مصر وفيها وطري ولنفسي مشتهاها مشتهاها

And the Qasr al-Mushtaha: it is in Rawdat Misr, now ruined, and about it says our master Omar Ibn Al-Farid, may God sanctify his soul: My homeland is Egypt, and in it is my desire, and for my soul, its desires, its desires.

والشاهية: الشهوة، مصدر كالعاقبة

And 'shaahiyah': desire, a verbal noun like 'aaqibah'.

ورجل شهاء: كثير الشهوة

And a man 'shahaa'': much in desire.

وقال ابن الأعرابي: شَاهَاهُ في إصابة العين، وشَاهَاهُ إذا مازحه

And Ibn Al-A'rabi said: 'shaahaahu' in striking with the eye, and 'shaahaahu' if he joked with him.

وشها، بالضم مقصورا بالكسر: قرية أسفل المنصورة في البحر الصغير، وقد وردتها

And 'Shaha', with damma and shortened, with kasra: a village below Al-Mansurah in the Small Sea, and I have visited it.