شفاعة

Arabic

Root
ش ف ع (š f ʕ)
3 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of شَفَعَ (šafaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.faː.ʕa/

Noun

شَفاعَة • (šafāʕa) f (plural شَفاعَات (šafāʕāt))

1. (Islam, religion) Shafa'a: intercession.
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 74:48:

     فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ

     So the pleas of intercessors will be of no benefit to them.

Declension

Declension of noun شَفاعَة (šafāʕa)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شَفاعَة šafāʕa	الشَّفاعَة aš-šafāʕa	شَفاعَة šafāʕat
nominative	شَفاعَةٌ šafāʕatun	الشَّفاعَةُ aš-šafāʕatu	شَفاعَةُ šafāʕatu
accusative	شَفاعَةً šafāʕatan	الشَّفاعَةَ aš-šafāʕata	شَفاعَةَ šafāʕata
genitive	شَفاعَةٍ šafāʕatin	الشَّفاعَةِ aš-šafāʕati	شَفاعَةِ šafāʕati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شَفاعَتَيْن šafāʕatayn	الشَّفاعَتَيْن aš-šafāʕatayn	شَفاعَتَيْ šafāʕatay
nominative	شَفاعَتَانِ šafāʕatāni	الشَّفاعَتَانِ aš-šafāʕatāni	شَفاعَتَا šafāʕatā
accusative	شَفاعَتَيْنِ šafāʕatayni	الشَّفاعَتَيْنِ aš-šafāʕatayni	شَفاعَتَيْ šafāʕatay
genitive	شَفاعَتَيْنِ šafāʕatayni	الشَّفاعَتَيْنِ aš-šafāʕatayni	شَفاعَتَيْ šafāʕatay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شَفاعَات šafāʕāt	الشَّفاعَات aš-šafāʕāt	شَفاعَات šafāʕāt
nominative	شَفاعَاتٌ šafāʕātun	الشَّفاعَاتُ aš-šafāʕātu	شَفاعَاتُ šafāʕātu
accusative	شَفاعَاتٍ šafāʕātin	الشَّفاعَاتِ aš-šafāʕāti	شَفاعَاتِ šafāʕāti
genitive	شَفاعَاتٍ šafāʕātin	الشَّفاعَاتِ aš-šafāʕāti	شَفاعَاتِ šafāʕāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: şəfaət
• → Bashkir: шәфәғәт (şäfäğät)
• → Kazakh: шапағат (šapağat)
• → Northern Kurdish: şefaet, شەفاعەت (şefa'et)
• → Persian: شفاعت
• → Ottoman Turkish: شفاعت (şefaat)
  • > Turkish: şefaat (inherited)
  • → Crimean Tatar: şefaat
• → Indonesian: syafaat
• → Turkmen: şepagat
• → Uyghur: شاپائەت (shapa'et)
• → Uzbek: shafoat