شهد

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شهد^¹

verb شَهِدَ · šahida · يَشْهَدُ · شُهُود · شَاهِد

to witness, to be a witness
to experience personally, to see with one’s own eyes
to be present, to attend, to be around
to see

verb شَهِدَ · šahida · يَشْهَدُ · شَهَادَة · شَاهِد

to testify, to bear witness, to give testimony, to give evidence شَهِدَ الشَّاهِدُ بِالحَقِّ أَمَامَ القَاضِي.
to attest, to confirm, to certify
to witness (a signature)
to acknowledge, to adjudge

شهد^²

Where it comes from

From ش ه د (š h d), uncertain sense, perhaps from likening the honeycombs to the graves of martyrs or the swarming of people at such shrines like bees swarm around a hive; see مشهد. Otherwise from the mucus that covers a fetus at birth; the meaning of birth is extended from the "being around" or "being present" of verb form I.

noun شَهْد · شُهْد · šahd · šuhd · شِهَاد

honey especially still in the honeycomb فَكَمْ تُمَرِّرُ عَيْشِي وَأَنْتَ حامِلُ شَهْدٍ
Similar: عَسَل
honeycomb
melon, cantaloupe
nectar
figuratively anything pleasant
figuratively, from stickiness semen, menstruation

شهد^³

adjective شُهَّد · šuhhad

masculine, plural masculine plural of شَاهِد (šāhid)

In English

honey sweet substance produced by bees
verify law: to affirm something formally, under oath
witness (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
testify to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
bear witness to deliver testimony

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {شهد},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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