Appendix:Arabic roots/ش ف ه

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lips”).

Root

ش ف ه • (š f h)

1. related to lips and conversation

Derived terms

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”)

References

• Corriente, Federico (2005) “ش ف ه”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 611