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شكء

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of cracking, splitting, or breaking apart. It can describe physical phenomena like cracking of hooves or fingernails, as well as the burgeoning or sprouting of branches from a tree.

Derived headwords

شَكَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to crackboth

    To become cracked or split open.

شَكِئَverb
  1. 1.
    to crackboth

    To become cracked or split open, particularly used for fingernails.

تَشَكُّؤverb
  1. 1.
    to crackboth

    The act of becoming cracked or split open.

أَشْكَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to sproutboth

    For a tree to put forth its branches.

Parallel reading

شَكَأَ ناب البعير: كَشَقَأَ.
The camel's molar cracked: like it split.
شَكِئَ ظُفْرُهُ، كَفَرِحَ: تَشَقَّقَ.
His fingernail cracked, as in 'faraha': it became split.
وأَشْكَأَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ بِغُصُونِهَا: أَخْرَجَتْهَا.
And the tree put forth its branches: it brought them out.