شفق

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شفق

verb شَفَقَ · šafaqa · يَشْفُقُ · يَشْفِقُ · شَفَق · شَفَقَة

construed with عَلَى (ʕalā) to feel compassion with, have mercy upon, pardon
to love tenderly
obsolete to feel anxiety, to be cautious

verb شَفَّقَ · šaffaqa · يُشَفِّقُ · تَشْفِيق · مُشَفِّق

obsolete to overcautiously produce in but a scanty fashion

noun شَفَق · šafaq · أَشْفَاق · الشَّفَق

noun from verb verbal noun of شَفَقَ (šafaqa, “to feel compassion with, have mercy upon”) (form I)
compassion, tender sympathy
ruddy light
the evening twilight; afterglow, crepuscule; gloaming
obsolete heed, anxiety, precaution
obsolete a kind of tenuously red garment
obsolete aloof region confining on a location, tract of the coast or the like
Similar: عِرَاق, نَاحِيَة, مَجَاز, عِرْض, سَوَاد, صُقْل, عَضُد

In English

moonrise the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
pity to feel pity for someone or something
twilight light before rising and after the setting of the Sun

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {شفق},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B4%D9%81%D9%82},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}