شهيق

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Arabic

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Root
ش ه ق (š h q)
2 terms

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Noun

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شَهِيق (šahīqm

  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
      ʔammā llaḏīna 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
      ʔiḏā ʔulqū fīhā samiʕū lahā šahīqan wahiya tafūru
      If they were thrown into it, they heard it gasping as it boiled up.

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