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See اشفق.
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شَفِقَ
عَلَيْهِ signifies He was niggardly of it: (TA:) [thus] the saying [of a poet]
means [Like as the household] are niggardly of the provision: (IDrd, M, O:) because he who is niggardly of a thing is عَلَيْهِ مُشْفِقٌ [i. e. fearful, or cautious, on account of it]. (M.)كَمَا شَفِقَتْ عَلَى الزَّادِ العِيَالُ