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

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