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عَشِيق
lover /ʕaˈʃiːq/
nounB1#2446 most common
Also: paramour, boyfriend (illicit/secret)
Example sentences
هُوَ عَشِيقُها.
He is her lover.
لَيْلَى عِنْدَها عَشِيقٌ يَعِيشُ فِي باريس.
Layla has a lover who lives in Paris.
لا أَحَدَ يَعْرِفُ أَنَّ لَها عَشِيقًا مُنْذُ سَنَتَيْنِ.
No one knows she has had a lover for two years.
كانَ عَشِيقُها السَّابِقُ يُهَدِّدُها بِنَشْرِ رَسائِلِهِما.
Her former lover was threatening to publish their messages.
فِي الرِّوايَةِ، يَكْتَشِفُ الزَّوْجُ رَسائِلَ غَرامِيَّةً بَيْنَ زَوْجَتِهِ وَعَشِيقِها القَديمِ.
In the novel, the husband discovers love letters between his wife and her old lover.
أَثارَتِ الصُّحُفُ ضَجَّةً بَعْدَ أَنْ كَشَفَتْ أَنَّ عَشِيقَ المُمَثِّلَةِ كانَ يُشارِكُها فِي مَشْروعٍ سِرِّيٍّ لِغَسْلِ الأَمْوالِ.
The newspapers caused a stir after revealing that the actress's lover was involved with her in a secret money-laundering scheme.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَشِيقٌ | عُشَّاقٌ |
| Genitive | عَشِيقٍ | عُشَّاقٍ |
| Accusative | عَشِيقًا | عُشَّاقًا |
| Vocative | يا عَشِيقُ | يا عُشَّاقُ |
Word family
عِشْق (ʿishq)passionate love
عاشِق (ʿāshiq)one in love, suitor
عَشِيقة (ʿashīqa)female lover, mistress
مَعْشُوق (maʿshūq)beloved
عَشِقَ (ʿashiqa)to fall passionately in love
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ʿ-sh-q (ع-ش-ق), tied to the verb ʿashiqa, meaning to fall passionately in love. The pattern faʿīl here yields a noun for the person who is loved or who loves intensely. Classical Arabic poetry used this root often to describe consuming, sometimes obsessive romantic attachment.
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