الشكس
Root entry · 10 derived lemmasThis root primarily describes difficulty, stubbornness, and opposition. It extends to concepts of a difficult disposition, stinginess, and disagreement, as well as a specific lunar phase.
Derived headwords
- 1.Lunar phaseclassical
The period of one or two days before the new moon, also known as the waning crescent or 'al-muḥāq'.
- 2.Difficult natureboth
A person characterized by a difficult, stubborn, or unyielding disposition.
- 3.Stingy personboth
An adjective describing someone who is miserly or stingy.
- 1.Difficult dispositionboth
Describing someone as having a difficult, stubborn, or ill-tempered nature.
- 1.Stingyboth
Describing someone as being miserly or tight-fisted.
- 1.Stinginessboth
The quality of being stingy or miserly.
- 1.Stubbornnessboth
The state or quality of being stubborn, difficult, or contrary.
- 1.To be difficultboth
To possess a stubborn, ill-tempered, or difficult disposition.
- 1.To disagreeboth
To be in opposition or disagreement with one another; to be contrary.
- 1.Disagreementboth
The state of being contrary or in disagreement; mutual opposition.
- 1.To be difficult withboth
To deal with someone in a difficult or contrary manner; to oppose or make things hard for them.
- 1.Contraryboth
Describing people who are in opposition or disagreement with each other; difficult and contrary.