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شَوْق longing in Arabic

شَوْق is how you say “longing” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

هُوَ الشوق مدلولا على مقتل الفنا

It is longing, guided to the death of annihilation.

الشَّوْقُ longing

The predicate naming what love is, nominative ('-u'), definite — 'yearning'. Love defined as longing.

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More example sentences

والشوق يَسُوقهَا

Longing drove them.

وَالشَّوْقُ and longing

'And' plus 'longing', the topic, nominative, definite — yearning, another force. The 'al-' marks it as that faculty.

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