شهيق

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش ه ق‎ (š-h-q).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.hiːq/

Noun

شَهِيق • (šahīq) m

  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
      ʾammā allaḏīna 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
      ʾiḏā ʾulqū fīhā samiʿū lahā šahīqan wahiya tafūru
      If they were thrown into it, they heard it gasping as it boiled up.

Declension

Hypernyms

  • اِسْتِنْشَاق‎ (istinšāq)

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.