شكل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

The root 'شكل' primarily relates to form, shape, and appearance, often with connotations of deviation, crookedness, or being unusual. It extends to concepts of plants, specific types of vegetation, and even tribal or personal names.

Derived headwords

أَشْكَلَverb

1.
to be crookedclassical
To deviate from a straight or correct form; to be bent or twisted.
2.
to be complexclassical
To be difficult to understand or resolve; to be ambiguous or intricate.

اِعْوَجَّverb

1.
to be crookedclassical
To become bent, crooked, or twisted; to deviate from a straight path or form.

شَكْلnoun

1.
formboth
The outward appearance or configuration of something; its shape or outline.
2.
type of plantclassical
A specific kind of plant, often described by its color.
3.
vowel diacriticsboth
The short vowel markings (harakat) added to Arabic script to indicate pronunciation.

أَشْكَلadjective

1.
crookedclassical
Bent, twisted, or deviating from the straight or correct form.
2.
complexclassical
Difficult to understand, ambiguous, or intricate.

شُكْلَةnoun

1.
type of plantclassical
A type of mountain shrub, specifically a sidr tree, often with red or yellow coloration.
2.
woman's nameclassical
A proper name for a female.

شَوْكَلnoun

1.
infantryclassical
Foot soldiers; the common soldiers.
2.
right and left wingsclassical
The right and left flanks of an army.

شَوْكَلَةnoun

1.
infantryclassical
Foot soldiers.
2.
sideclassical
A direction or flank.
3.
thorn bushclassical
A type of thorny shrub, possibly the 'awsajah'.

بَنُو شَكْلname

1.
Banu Shakl tribeclassical
A lineage or clan among the Arabs.

Parallel reading

عوجا، كما اعوجت قياس الأشكل

Crookedly, as the measure of the complex (or crooked) deviated.

معج المرامي عن قياس الأشكل

The arrows deviate from the measure of the complex (or crooked).

والمرامي السهام، الواحدة مرماة

And al-marami are arrows, the singular is marmaah.

أو وجبة من جناة أشكلة

Or a portion from the fruits of an 'ashkalah' (a type of plant).

يعني سدرة جبلية

Meaning a mountain sidr tree.

الشكل ضرب من النبات أصفر وأحمر

Al-shakl is a type of plant, yellow and red.

وشكلة: اسم امرأة

And 'Shaklah' is the name of a woman.

وبنو شكل: بطن من العرب

And Banu Shakl are a clan of the Arabs.

والشوكل: الرجالة

And al-shawkal are the infantry.

وقيل الميمنة والميسرة

And it is said: the right and left wings.

الفراء: الشوكلة الرجالة

Al-Farra said: al-shawkolah is the infantry.

والشوكلة الناحية

And al-shawkolah is the side/flank.

والشوكلة العوسجة

And al-shawkolah is the 'awsajah' (thorn bush).