شفقة

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of شَفَقَ (šafaqa, “to feel compassion with, to have mercy upon”), from the root ش ف ق (š-f-q).

Noun

شَفَقَة • (šafaqa) f

1. verbal noun of شَفَقَ (šafaqa, “to feel compassion with, to have mercy upon”) (form I)
2. pity
3. compassion, solicitude
4. fond attachment

Declension

Declension of noun شَفَقَة (šafaqa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَفَقَة šafaqa	الشَّفَقَة aš-šafaqa	شَفَقَة šafaqat
Nominative	شَفَقَةٌ šafaqatun	الشَّفَقَةُ aš-šafaqatu	شَفَقَةُ šafaqatu
Accusative	شَفَقَةً šafaqatan	الشَّفَقَةَ aš-šafaqata	شَفَقَةَ šafaqata
Genitive	شَفَقَةٍ šafaqatin	الشَّفَقَةِ aš-šafaqati	شَفَقَةِ šafaqati

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “شفقة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاپقه (şapka), from Russian ша́пка (šápka), from Old French chape, from Latin cappa, probably related to Proto-Indo-European *káput-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaf.qa/

Noun

شفقة (šafqa) f

1. hat