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شكو ند شكى
Root entry · 1 derived lemma5 تشكّى ذ He expressed complaint or lamentation, pain, grief, or sorrow; syn. تَوَجَّعَ; (Msb and K in art. وجع;) he made complaint or lamentation. (MA, KL.) See 1, in four places. ― -b2- [Hence] one says, تشكّى شَاآئِى أَرْضَ كَذَا, meaning (assumed tropical:) [ My sheep or goats ] forsook such a land, [ as though they complained of it, ] and did not go near it. (TA. [But I have substituted شَائِى for what is there written شاكى, an evident mistranscription.]) -A2- See also 2, in two places.
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تشكّىverb
- 1.
تشكّى شَاآئِى أَرْضَ كَذَا