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shu'all nm (np ~j) 1 leather for shoe soles; shoe sole 2 sole of the foot 3 [Reg] short heavy wool sock worn indoors over regular stockings shu'a·n II§ vt 1 to extinguish: quench [something burning]; satisfy [a desire]; turn/switch off [something operating] 2 [Fig] to cause [ ] to disappear gradually: obliterate, erase; fade [ ] out 3 [Colloq] to wipe [ ] out; use up [ ], spend [ ] all; completely tire [out], exhaust; beat up [ ] 4 to cool/dilute [ ] by adding liquid III§ vi [Colloq] to cease; die • shua·n etjen to quench/satisfy/slake one's thirst • <>a shua·n farën to get rid of <> completely, make <> disappear completely, wipe out every last trace of <> • shua·n gëlqeren to slake lime • [ ] shua·n me {} [Pej] to smother/pelt [ ] with {} • <>a shua·n oxhakun to wipe out all the members of <>'s family; bring <>'s family line to a close • shua·n uri to appease/slake one's hunger • e shua·n zjarrin "put out the fire" to calm down the situation, pour water on the fire: calm the raging waters shu'a|r adj (i) 1 extinguished 2 turned off, not in operation 3 [Fig Colloq] wiped out 4 [Euph] dead, deceased 5 [Fig Colloq] orphaned and alone; childless 6 forlorn, wretched 7 weak, faint; dim 8 (of liquor) diluted; (of lime) slaked • i shuari me bojë the poor thing!