Arabic - English Dictionary شَفَقَة
Root: ش ف ق
ج شَفَقات (لغير المصدر) :
🇬🇧 Translation:
Plural: shafaqat (for non-verbal noun).
مصدر شفِقَ على.
🇬🇧 Translation:
Verbal noun of shafiqa 'ala.
حنوّ ورحمة، عطف ورِقّة
🇬🇧 Translation:
Affection and mercy, sympathy and tenderness (Compassion/Pity).
رحمة ورقّة وخوف من حلول المكروه به مع نصح.
🇬🇧 Translation:
Mercy, tenderness, and fear of harm befalling him, along with advice.
خوفٌ من وقوع مكروه.
🇬🇧 Translation:
Fear of the occurrence of something disliked.
Example / Citation:
- " رجلٌ يستحقّ الشَّفقة
- قلب بلا شفقة : قاسٍ، عديم الرّحمة "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- " rajulun yastahiqqu ash-shafaqata
- qalbun bila shafaqatin : qasin, 'adimu ar-rahmati (A man who deserves pity
- A heart without compassion: hard, merciless). "