شكل

شَكْلَاآءُ ذ fem. of أَشْكَلُ [q. v.]. (S, O.) -A2- Also A want; syn. حَاجَةٌ; and so ↓ أَشْكَلَةٌ, (S, O, K, [both of these words twice mentioned in this sense in the K,]) and ↓ شَوْكَلَاآءُ; this last and the second on the authority of IAar; (O;) accord. to Er-Rághib, such as binds, or shackles, (تُقَيِّد,) a man [ as though with a شِكَال]. (TA.) One says, ↓ لَنَا قِبَلَكَ أَشْكَلَةٌ [&c.] i. e. حَاجَةٌ [ We have a want to be supplied to us on thy part; meaning we want a thing of thee ]. (S, O.) -A3- Also i. q. مُدَاهَنَةٌ. (So in the O and TA. [But whether by this explanation be meant the inf. n., or the fem. pass. part. n., of دَاهَنَ, is not indicated. Words of the measure فَعْلَاآءُ having the meaning of an inf. n., like بَغْضَاآءُ, are rare.])