ش ف ه

From Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lips”).

ش ف ه • (š-f-h)

1. related to lips and conversation

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: شَفَهَ‎ (šafaha, “(with ه‎ (h)) to hit on the lips, to elicit or draw out information, to consume, deplete, (with عن‎) to distract”)
  • Verbal noun: شَفْه‎ (šafh)
  • Active participle: شَافِه‎ (šāfih)
  • Passive participle: مَشْفُوه‎ (mašfūh, “frequented, harassed by queries, depleted”)
• Form III: شَافَهَ‎ (šāfaha, “(with ه‎ (h)) to speak to, chatter with; to near, approach”)
  • Verbal noun: مُشَافَهَة‎ (mušāfaha)
  • Active participle: مُشَافِه‎ (mušāfih)
  • Passive participle: مُشَافَه‎ (mušāfah)

Nouns and adjectives

• شَفَة‎ f (šafa, “lip, rim, edge”)
• شِفَاهِيّ‎ (šifāhiyy, “oral, verbal”)
• شَفَهِيّ‎ (šafahiyy, “labial; oral, verbal”), شَفَوِيّ‎ (šafawiyy, “labial; oral, verbal”)
• شَافِه‎ (šāfih, “thirst”)
• مُشَافَهَة‎ f (mušāfaha, “colloquy, conversation”)

• Corriente, Federico (2005), “ش ف ه”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 611