شفع
Root: شفع
3 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
شفع šafa‘a a (šaf‘) to double (هـ s.th.); to attach, add, subjoin (هـ ب to s.th. s.th.), enclose (هـ ب in s.th. s.th.); to give the (right of) pre-emption (ه ب to s.o. on s.th.), grant (ه s.o.) the lint refusal (ب of s.th.); -- (شفاعة šafā‘a) to mediate, use one’s good offices, put in a good word, intercede, intervene, plead (ل or في for or on behalf of s.o., الى with s.o. else) V to mediate, use one’s good offices, put in a good word, intercede, intervene, plead (ل الى or في for or on behalf of s.o. with s.o. else)
Entry 2
شفع šaf‘ pl. اشفاع ašfā‘, شفاع šifā‘ either part of a pair; even number
Entry 3
شفع šaf‘ diplopia, double vision of a single object
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