شفاعة

Arabic

Root
ش ف ع (š f ʕ)
3 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of شَفَعَ (šafaʕa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃa.faː.ʕa/

Noun

شَفاعَة • (šafāʕa) f (plural شَفاعَات (šafāʕāt))

(Islam, religion) Shafa'a: intercession.
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 74:48:
  فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ
  So the pleas of intercessors will be of no benefit to them.

Declension

Declension of noun **شَفاعَة** (šafāʕa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شَفاعَة šafāʕa	الشَّفاعَة aš-šafāʕa	شَفاعَة šafāʕat
nominative	شَفاعَةٌ šafāʕatun	الشَّفاعَةُ aš-šafāʕatu	شَفاعَةُ šafāʕatu
accusative	شَفاعَةً šafāʕatan	الشَّفاعَةَ aš-šafāʕata	شَفاعَةَ šafāʕata
genitive	شَفاعَةٍ šafāʕatin	الشَّفاعَةِ aš-šafāʕati	شَفاعَةِ šafāʕati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شَفاعَتَيْن šafāʕatayn	الشَّفاعَتَيْن aš-šafāʕatayn	شَفاعَتَيْ šafāʕatay
nominative	شَفاعَتَانِ šafāʕatāni	الشَّفاعَتَانِ aš-šafāʕatāni	شَفاعَتَا šafāʕatā
accusative	شَفاعَتَيْنِ šafāʕatayni	الشَّفاعَتَيْنِ aš-šafāʕatayni	شَفاعَتَيْ šafāʕatay
genitive	شَفاعَتَيْنِ šafāʕatayni	الشَّفاعَتَيْنِ aš-šafāʕatayni	شَفاعَتَيْ šafāʕatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شَفاعَات šafāʕāt	الشَّفاعَات aš-šafāʕāt	شَفاعَات šafāʕāt
nominative	شَفاعَاتٌ šafāʕātun	الشَّفاعَاتُ aš-šafāʕātu	شَفاعَاتُ šafāʕātu
accusative	شَفاعَاتٍ šafāʕātin	الشَّفاعَاتِ aš-šafāʕāti	شَفاعَاتِ šafāʕāti
genitive	شَفاعَاتٍ šafāʕātin	الشَّفاعَاتِ aš-šafāʕāti	شَفاعَاتِ šafāʕāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: şəfaət
→ Bashkir: шәфәғәт (şəfəğət)
→ Northern Kurdish: şefaet, شەفاعەت (şefa'et)
→ Persian: شفاعت
→ Ottoman Turkish: شفاعت (şefaat)
- > Turkish: şefaat (inherited)
- → Crimean Tatar: şefaat
→ Indonesian: syafaat
→ Uyghur: شاپائەت (shapa'et)
→ Uzbek: shafoat