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شفق
شفق
Arabic
Verb
شَفَقَ • (šafaqa) I, non-past يَشْفُقُ or يَشْفِقُ (yašfuqu or yašfiqu)
Conjugation
Conjugation of 
شَفَقَ
 (form-I sound, verbal nouns شَفَق or شَفَقَة)|  verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر  | 
  
شَفَق or شَفَقَة
 
šafaq or šafaqa  | 
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|  active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل  | 
  شَافِق 
šāfiq  | 
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|  passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول  | 
  مَشْفُوق 
mašfūq  | 
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|  active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم  | ||||||||||||
|  singular الْمُفْرَد  | 
 dual الْمُثَنَّى  | 
 plural الْجَمْع  | 
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|  1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
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|  past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي  | 
m |  
 šafaqtu  | 
 
 šafaqta  | 
  شَفَقَ 
šafaqa  | 
  شَفَقْتُمَا 
šafaqtumā  | 
  شَفَقَا 
šafaqā  | 
 
 šafaqnā  | 
 
 šafaqtum  | 
 
 šafaqū  | 
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| f |  
 šafaqti  | 
 
 šafaqat  | 
  شَفَقَتَا 
šafaqatā  | 
 
 šafaqtunna  | 
 
 šafaqna  | 
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|  non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع  | 
m |  
 ʾašfuqu or ʾašfiqu  | 
 
 tašfuqu or tašfiqu  | 
 
 yašfuqu or yašfiqu  | 
  
تَشْفُقَانِ or تَشْفِقَانِ
 
tašfuqāni or tašfiqāni  | 
  
يَشْفُقَانِ or يَشْفِقَانِ
 
yašfuqāni or yašfiqāni  | 
 
 našfuqu or našfiqu  | 
 
 tašfuqūna or tašfiqūna  | 
 
 yašfuqūna or yašfiqūna  | 
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| f |  
 tašfuqīna or tašfiqīna  | 
 
 tašfuqu or tašfiqu  | 
  
تَشْفُقَانِ or تَشْفِقَانِ
 
tašfuqāni or tašfiqāni  | 
 
 tašfuqna or tašfiqna  | 
 
 yašfuqna or yašfiqna  | 
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|  subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب  | 
m |  
 ʾašfuqa or ʾašfiqa  | 
 
 tašfuqa or tašfiqa  | 
 
 yašfuqa or yašfiqa  | 
  
تَشْفُقَا or تَشْفِقَا
 
tašfuqā or tašfiqā  | 
  
يَشْفُقَا or يَشْفِقَا
 
yašfuqā or yašfiqā  | 
 
 našfuqa or našfiqa  | 
 
 tašfuqū or tašfiqū  | 
 
 yašfuqū or yašfiqū  | 
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| f |  
 tašfuqī or tašfiqī  | 
 
 tašfuqa or tašfiqa  | 
  
تَشْفُقَا or تَشْفِقَا
 
tašfuqā or tašfiqā  | 
 
 tašfuqna or tašfiqna  | 
 
 yašfuqna or yašfiqna  | 
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|  jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم  | 
m |  
 ʾašfuq or ʾašfiq  | 
 
 tašfuq or tašfiq  | 
 
 yašfuq or yašfiq  | 
  
تَشْفُقَا or تَشْفِقَا
 
tašfuqā or tašfiqā  | 
  
يَشْفُقَا or يَشْفِقَا
 
yašfuqā or yašfiqā  | 
 
 našfuq or našfiq  | 
 
 tašfuqū or tašfiqū  | 
 
 yašfuqū or yašfiqū  | 
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| f |  
 tašfuqī or tašfiqī  | 
 
 tašfuq or tašfiq  | 
  
تَشْفُقَا or تَشْفِقَا
 
tašfuqā or tašfiqā  | 
 
 tašfuqna or tašfiqna  | 
 
 yašfuqna or yašfiqna  | 
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|  imperative الْأَمْر  | 
m |  
 ušfuq or išfiq  | 
  
اُشْفُقَا or اِشْفِقَا
 
ušfuqā or išfiqā  | 
 
 ušfuqū or išfiqū  | 
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| f |  
 ušfuqī or išfiqī  | 
 
 ušfuqna or išfiqna  | 
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|  passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول  | ||||||||||||
|  singular الْمُفْرَد  | 
 dual الْمُثَنَّى  | 
 plural الْجَمْع  | 
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|  1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
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|  past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي  | 
m | — | — |   شُفِقَ 
šufiqa  | 
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|  non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع  | 
m | — | — |  
 yušfaqu  | 
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|  subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب  | 
m | — | — |  
 yušfaqa  | 
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|  jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم  | 
m | — | — |  
 yušfaq  | 
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| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شفق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
 
Etymology 2
Noun
شَفَق • (šafaq) m (plural أَشْفَاق (ʾašfāq))
- verbal noun of شَفَقَ (šafaqa, “to feel compassion with, have mercy upon”) (form I)
 - evening twilight
 - ruddy light
 - compassion, tender sympathy
 - shore, tract of the coast
 
Declension
Declension of noun شَفَق (šafaq)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal |  شَفَق šafaq  | 
 الشَّفَق aš-šafaq  | 
 شَفَق šafaq  | 
| Nominative |  شَفَقٌ šafaqun  | 
 الشَّفَقُ aš-šafaqu  | 
 شَفَقُ šafaqu  | 
| Accusative |  شَفَقًا šafaqan  | 
 الشَّفَقَ aš-šafaqa  | 
 شَفَقَ šafaqa  | 
| Genitive |  شَفَقٍ šafaqin  | 
 الشَّفَقِ aš-šafaqi  | 
 شَفَقِ šafaqi  | 
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | 
| Informal |  شَفَقَيْن šafaqayn  | 
 الشَّفَقَيْن aš-šafaqayn  | 
 شَفَقَيْ šafaqay  | 
| Nominative |  شَفَقَانِ šafaqāni  | 
 الشَّفَقَانِ aš-šafaqāni  | 
 شَفَقَا šafaqā  | 
| Accusative |  شَفَقَيْنِ šafaqayni  | 
 الشَّفَقَيْنِ aš-šafaqayni  | 
 شَفَقَيْ šafaqay  | 
| Genitive |  شَفَقَيْنِ šafaqayni  | 
 الشَّفَقَيْنِ aš-šafaqayni  | 
 شَفَقَيْ šafaqay  | 
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal |  أَشْفَاق ʾašfāq  | 
 الْأَشْفَاق al-ʾašfāq  | 
 أَشْفَاق ʾašfāq  | 
| Nominative |  أَشْفَاقٌ ʾašfāqun  | 
 الْأَشْفَاقُ al-ʾašfāqu  | 
 أَشْفَاقُ ʾašfāqu  | 
| Accusative |  أَشْفَاقًا ʾašfāqan  | 
 الْأَشْفَاقَ al-ʾašfāqa  | 
 أَشْفَاقَ ʾašfāqa  | 
| Genitive |  أَشْفَاقٍ ʾašfāqin  | 
 الْأَشْفَاقِ al-ʾašfāqi  | 
 أَشْفَاقِ ʾašfāqi  | 
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شفق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen