شهيق

شهيق

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش ه ق‎ (š-h-q).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.hiːq/

Noun

شَهِيق • (šahīq) m

1. verbal noun of شَهَقَ‎ (šahaqa) (form I)
2. gasping, inhalation

   Antonym: زَفِير‎ (zafīr)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 11:106:

     ‏أَمَّا الَّذِينَ شَقُوا فَفِي النَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَشَهِيقٌ‎‎

     ʾammā allaḏīna šaqū fafī n-nāri lahum fīhā zafīrun wašahīqun

     As for those who are torn in the fire, they will have sighs and inhales in it.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 67:7:

     ‏إِذَا أُلْقُوا فِيهَا سَمِعُوا لَهَا شَهِيقًا وَهِيَ تَفُورُ‎

     ʾiḏā ʾulqū fīhā samiʿū lahā šahīqan wahiya tafūru

     If they were thrown into it, they heard it gasping as it boiled up.

Declension

Declension of noun شَهِيق (šahīq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَهِيق šahīq	الشَّهِيق‎ aš-šahīq	شَهِيق šahīq
Nominative	شَهِيقٌ šahīqun	الشَّهِيقُ‎ aš-šahīqu	شَهِيقُ šahīqu
Accusative	شَهِيقًا‎ šahīqan	الشَّهِيقَ‎ aš-šahīqa	شَهِيقَ šahīqa
Genitive	شَهِيقٍ šahīqin	الشَّهِيقِ‎ aš-šahīqi	شَهِيقِ šahīqi

Hypernyms

• اِسْتِنْشَاق‎ (istinšāq)

Further reading

• شهيق on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar