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الشوك

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns thorns, sharp pointed objects, and things that are prickly or sharp. It extends to concepts of hardship, intensity, and sharpness in various contexts, including weapons, physical attributes, and even abstract qualities.

Derived headwords

الشَّوْكnoun
  1. 1.
    thornsboth

    The sharp, pointed woody outgrowths on the stems of plants. The singular unit is referred to as 'bahā'.

  2. 2.
    pricklinessboth

    A state of being covered in thorns or sharp points.

شَاكَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    thornyboth

    Describing land that is abundant with thorns, or a tree that has thorns.

  2. 2.
    pricklyboth

    Having a rough or sharp surface, like the texture of newness.

شَوِكَتْverb
  1. 1.
    became thornyboth

    To become covered with thorns or sharp points.

أَشْوِكَتْverb
  1. 1.
    became thornyboth

    To become covered with thorns or sharp points.

شَاكَتْهُ الشَّوْكَةُverb
  1. 1.
    the thorn pierced himboth

    When a thorn entered into someone's body.

أَشُوكُهُverb
  1. 1.
    I pierce itboth

    To cause a thorn or sharp object to enter into something's body.

أَشْكَتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    I pierce itboth

    To cause a thorn or sharp object to enter into something's body.

شَاكَverb
  1. 1.
    fell into thornsboth

    To fall into a place covered with thorns.

  2. 2.
    mixed with itclassical

    To mingle or associate with thorns.

شَاكَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    falling into thornsclassical

    The act of falling into thorns.

  2. 2.
    sharpnessclassical

    The quality of being sharp or pointed.

شِيكَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    falling into thornsclassical

    The act of falling into thorns.

  2. 2.
    sharpnessclassical

    The quality of being sharp or pointed.

مَا أَشَاكَهphrase
  1. 1.
    what befell himclassical

    An expression indicating what happened to someone, especially something negative.

شَاكَتْنِي الشَّوْكَةُverb
  1. 1.
    the thorn hurt meboth

    When a thorn inflicted pain or injury.

شَكَّتْverb
  1. 1.
    fell into itboth

    To fall into thorns.

شَوَّكَverb
  1. 1.
    made it thornyboth

    To place thorns on something, like a wall.

  2. 2.
    whitened (grain)both

    For grain to turn white before spreading.

  3. 3.
    grew tusksboth

    For a camel's tusks to grow long.

  4. 4.
    feathers emergedboth

    For a chick's feather buds to emerge.

  5. 5.
    became rough (beard)both

    For a boy's beard to become rough to the touch.

  6. 6.
    tipped (breast)both

    For a woman's breast to become pointed or defined.

  7. 7.
    hair grew backboth

    For hair to grow back on the head after shaving.

شَوْكَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    roughboth

    Describing clothing that has the roughness of newness.

الشَّوْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    weaponboth

    A tool used for fighting, or its sharpness.

  2. 2.
    intensity of battleclassical

    The fierceness and severity of combat.

  3. 3.
    inflicting damageclassical

    The act of causing harm or damage to the enemy.

  4. 4.
    diseaseclassical

    A painful ailment affecting the body.

  5. 5.
    red rashclassical

    A reddish discoloration that appears on the body.

  6. 6.
    spurboth

    A sharp projection, like the spur of a rooster.

  7. 7.
    scorpion's stingerboth

    The venomous appendage of a scorpion.

  8. 8.
    womanclassical

    A woman (used without the definite article).

شَوْكَةُ الكَتَّانِnoun
  1. 1.
    flax processing toolclassical

    A moist clay used to embed flax stalks, which dries and helps separate the flax fibers.

شَاكُّ السِّلَاحِadjective
  1. 1.
    armedboth

    Equipped with weapons or sharp implements.

شَائِكُ السِّلَاحِadjective
  1. 1.
    armedboth

    Equipped with weapons or sharp implements.

شَوَّكُ السِّلَاحِadjective
  1. 1.
    armedboth

    Equipped with weapons or sharp implements.

شَاكِيهِverb
  1. 1.
    armedboth

    To equip with weapons or sharp implements.

شَاكَverb
  1. 1.
    showed sharpnessclassical

    To exhibit one's sharpness or intensity.

شَوْكًاnoun
  1. 1.
    sharpnessclassical

    The quality of being sharp or pointed.

مَشْوُكَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    thornyboth

    Containing thorny plants like 'sahā', 'qattād', and 'hirrās'.

مِعْظَمَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    fortressclassical

    A castle located in Yemen on Mount Qalḥāḥ.

الشُّوَيْكَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    type of camelclassical

    A breed or type of camel.

  2. 2.
    place nameclassical

    A location near Jerusalem.

شَاوُكَانname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A location in Bukhara.

قَنْطَرَةُ الشَّوْكِname
  1. 1.
    bridge nameclassical

    A bridge over the 'Īsā river in Baghdad.

شَوْكِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    thornyboth

    Relating to or resembling thorns.

  2. 2.
    sharpclassical

    Possessing sharpness or intensity.

شَوْكَانname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A location in Bahrain.

  2. 2.
    fortress nameclassical

    A fortress in Yemen.

  3. 3.
    place nameclassical

    A location between Sarakhs and Abiward.

الشَّوْكَانِيَّانname
  1. 1.
    surnameclassical

    A surname referring to someone from Shwakan.

Parallel reading

وأرض شاكة: كثيرته.
And a thorny land: abundant with it (thorns).
وشجرة شاكة وشوكة وشائكة، وقد شوكت وأشوكت.
And a thorny tree, and a prickly one, and a thorny one, and it became thorny and very thorny.
وشاكته الشوكة: دخلت في جسمه.
And the thorn pierced him: it entered into his body.
وشكته أنا أشوكه، وأشكته: أدخلتها في جسمه.
And I pierced it, I pierce it, and I pierced it: I inserted it into his body.
وشاك يشاك شاكة وشيكة، بالكسر: وقع في الشوك.
And he fell into thorns, falling into thorns, a fall into thorns, and a sharp fall: he fell into thorns.
وما أشاكه شوكة ولا شاكه بها: ما أصابه بها.
And what befell him of a thorn and what the thorn afflicted him with: what struck him with it.
وشاكتني الشوكة: أصابتني.
And the thorn hurt me: it struck me.
وشكت الشوك أشاكه: وقعت فيه.
And she fell into thorns, I fall into them: she fell into it.
وشوك الحائط: جعله عليه، والزرع: ابيض قبل أن ينتشر.
And he made the wall thorny: he placed it upon it, and the grain: it whitened before it spread.
ولحيا البعير: طالت أنيابه، والفرخ: خرجت رؤوس ريشه.
And the camel's jaw: its tusks grew long, and the chick: the tips of its feathers emerged.
وشارب الغلام: خشن لمسه، وثديها: تحدد طرفه، والرأس بعد الحلق: نبت شعره.
And the boy's mustache: its touch became rough, and her breast: its tip became defined, and the head after shaving: its hair grew.
وحلة شوكاء: عليها خشونة الجدة.
And a garment of 'shawkā': it had the roughness of newness upon it.
والشوكة: السلاح، أو حدته، ومن القتال: شدة بأسه، والنكاية في العدو.
And the thorn: the weapon, or its sharpness, and from fighting: the intensity of his might, and the inflicting of damage upon the enemy.
ورجل شاك السلاح وشائكه وشوكه وشاكيه: حديده.
And a man armed with weapons, and armed with them, and armed with them, and armed with them: his iron.
وشاك يشاك شوكا: ظهرت شوكته وحدته.
And he showed sharpness, showing sharpness, with sharpness: his sharpness and intensity appeared.
وشجرة مشوكة، كمحسنة، وأرض مشوكة: فيها السحاء والقتاد والهراس، وع.
And a thorny tree, like 'muḥsinah', and a thorny land: containing 'sahā', 'qattād', and 'hirrās', and so on.
وعن معظمة: قلعة باليمن بجبل قلحاح.
And from 'Mi'ẓamah': a fortress in Yemen on Mount Qalḥāḥ.
والنسبة: شوكي.
And the attribution: 'shawkī'.