شفقة
Arabic
Etymology
Verbal noun of شَفَقَ (šafaqa, “to feel compassion with, to have mercy upon”), from the root ش ف ق (š-f-q).
Noun
شَفَقَة • (šafaqa) f
- verbal noun of شَفَقَ (šafaqa, “to feel compassion with, to have mercy upon”) (form I)
- pity
- compassion, solicitude
- fond attachment
Declension
Declension of noun شَفَقَة (šafaqa)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | شَفَقَة šafaqa | الشَّفَقَة aš-šafaqa | شَفَقَة šafaqat |
Nominative | شَفَقَةٌ šafaqatun | الشَّفَقَةُ aš-šafaqatu | شَفَقَةُ šafaqatu |
Accusative | شَفَقَةً šafaqatan | الشَّفَقَةَ aš-šafaqata | شَفَقَةَ šafaqata |
Genitive | شَفَقَةٍ šafaqatin | الشَّفَقَةِ aš-šafaqati | شَفَقَةِ šafaqati |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شفقة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen