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شوك

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns thorns, spines, and sharp pointed objects. It extends to concepts of prickling, piercing, and things that are sharp, rough, or bristly, including metaphorical uses related to difficulty or hardship.

Derived headwords

الشَّوْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a single thornboth

    a single thorn

  2. 2.
    severity of mightboth

    severity of might

  3. 3.
    sharpness in weaponsboth

    sharpness in weapons

شَائِكadjective
  1. 1.
    thornyboth

    thorny

شَاكَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    very thornyboth

    very thorny

شَاكَverb
  1. 1.
    he inserted a thorn into his bodyboth

    he inserted a thorn into his body

أَشَاكَverb
  1. 1.
    to prick someoneclassical

    To cause someone to be pricked by inserting a thorn into their body.

شِيكَverb
  1. 1.
    the man was pricked (passive voice)both

    the man was pricked (passive voice)

شَائِك السِلَاحadjective
  1. 1.
    well-armedclassical

    Equipped with sharp and ready weapons; formidable in combat.

شَاكِي السِلَاحadjective
  1. 1.
    well-armedclassical

    A variant or inverted form of 'shā'ik al-silāḥ', meaning well-equipped with weapons.

شَاكَverb
  1. 1.
    he inserted a thorn into his bodyboth

    he inserted a thorn into his body

شَوَّكَverb
  1. 1.
    he put thorns on itboth

    he put thorns on it

شُوَيْكِيَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    thorny (camels)classical

    Describing camels that have prominent or sharp tusks.

شَوْك الرَأْسnoun
  1. 1.
    hair regrowthclassical

    The regrowth of hair on the head after shaving or cutting.

شَوْكnoun
  1. 1.
    he put thorns on itboth

    he put thorns on it

شَوَّكَverb
  1. 1.
    he put thorns on itboth

    he put thorns on it

شَوَّكْتُ الحَائِطverb
  1. 1.
    to put thorns on a wallclassical

    To place thorns or sharp objects on a wall, likely for defense or to deter climbing.

شَوْكَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    rough (cloth)classical

    Describing a garment, particularly a new one, as being coarse or rough to the touch.

أَشْوَاكَتverb
  1. 1.
    to become thornyclassical

    For date palms to become abundant with thorns.

مَشَوْكَةadjective
  1. 1.
    very thornyboth

    very thorny

شَوْكَة العَقْرَبnoun
  1. 1.
    scorpion's stingerboth

    The pointed organ at the end of a scorpion's tail used for stinging.

شَوْكَة الحَائِكnoun
  1. 1.
    weaver's reedclassical

    A tool used by a weaver to adjust the warp and weft threads.

Parallel reading

الشوكة: واحد الشوك.
The thorn: the singular of thorns.
وشجر شائك، أي ذو شوك.
And thorny trees, meaning possessing thorns.
هذه شجرة شاكة، أي كثيرة الشوك.
This is a thorny tree, meaning abundant with thorns.
يقال شاكتني الشوكة تشوكني، إذا دخلت في جسده.
It is said, 'The thorn pricked me, it pricks me,' if it entered his body.
وقد شكت فأنا أشاك شاكة وشيكة بالكسر، إذا وقعت في الشوك.
And he has been pricked, so I am pricked with a prickling and a sharp prick, if he fell into thorns.
لا تنقشن برجل غيرك شوكة فتقي برجلك رجل من قد شاكها
Do not step with another's foot on a thorn, lest you step with your foot on one who has already been pricked by it.
شكت الرجل أشوكه، أي أدخلت في جسده شوكة.
I pricked the man, I prick him, meaning I inserted a thorn into his body.
شيك هو، على ما لم يسم فاعله، يشاك شوكا، أي ظهرت شوكته وحدته، فهو شائك السلاح.
He became sharp, passively, he becomes sharp with sharpness, meaning his edge and fierceness appeared, so he is sharp-witted/well-armed.
وشاك ثدي الجارية يشاك، إذا تهيأ للنهود.
And the girl's breast becomes prominent, if it prepares for swelling.
وكذلك شوك ثديها تشويكا.
And likewise her breast becomes prominent with prominence.
وشوك لحيا البعير، أي طلعت أنيابه.
And the camel's jaw grew tusks, meaning its tusks emerged.
وشوك الرأس بعد الحلق، أي نبت شعره.
And the head's thorns after shaving, meaning its hair grew.
وشوكت الحائط، أي جعلت عليه الشوك، عن الأصمعي.
And I put thorns on the wall, meaning I made thorns upon it, according to Al-Asma'i.
وبردة شوكاء، أي خشنة المس لأنها جديد.
And a rough garment, meaning rough to the touch because it is new.
وقد أشوكت النخل، أي كثر شوكها.
And the date palms have become thorny, meaning their thorns have become numerous.
وشجرة مشوكة وأرض مشوكة، أي كثيرة الشوك، فيها السحاء والقتاد والهراس.
And a thorny tree and a thorny land, meaning abundant with thorns, containing thorny plants like al-saḥā', al-qitād, and al-hirās.
وشوكة العقرب: إبرتها.
And the scorpion's thorn: its stinger.
وشوكة الحائك: التي يسوي بها السداة واللحمة، وهي الصيصية.
And the weaver's thorn: that by which he straightens the warp and weft, and it is the reed.