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شكا

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of complaining, expressing suffering, or reporting a grievance. It extends to the state of being complained about, causing someone to complain, and also has related meanings concerning weaponry and a specific architectural feature.

Derived headwords

شَكَاverb
  1. 1.
    to complainboth

    To inform someone about the bad actions done to you by another person.

  2. 2.
    to report a grievanceboth

    To express suffering or a complaint about a wrong done to oneself.

أَشْكُوverb
  1. 1.
    to complain (I)both

    First-person singular imperfect form of شَكَا, meaning 'I complain'.

شَكْوَىnoun
  1. 1.
    complaintboth

    The act of complaining or the statement of a grievance.

  2. 2.
    sufferingboth

    The state of experiencing pain or distress.

شِكَايَةnoun
  1. 1.
    with kasraboth

    with kasra

شِكِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    and shakah with fathaboth

    and shakah with fatha

شِكَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    from the category of 'adaboth

    from the category of 'ada

مَشْكُوّadjective
  1. 1.
    and complained aboutboth

    and complained about

مَشْكِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    complained aboutclassical

    The person or thing against whom a complaint is made.

أَشْكَىverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to complainclassical

    To do something to someone that forces them to complain about you.

  2. 2.
    to appease a complainerclassical

    To pacify someone who is complaining, to remove their cause for complaint.

اشْتَكَىverb
  1. 1.
    a limb from his limbsboth

    a limb from his limbs

  2. 2.
    he took a milk-skinboth

    he took a milk-skin

تَشَكَّىverb
  1. 1.
    meaning he complainedboth

    meaning he complained

شَاكِي السِّلَاحadjective
  1. 1.
    well-armedclassical

    Describing someone whose weaponry is strong, sharp, and formidable.

شَاكِيadjective
  1. 1.
    complainingboth

    One who complains or expresses suffering.

  2. 2.
    well-armedclassical

    Possessing strong and sharp weapons.

الشَّكِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    the complainerboth

    The one who is complaining.

  2. 2.
    the one complained aboutclassical

    The person or thing that is the subject of a complaint.

  3. 3.
    the pained oneclassical

    One who is suffering from pain or illness.

الشَّكْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the skin of the suckling, which is milkboth

    the skin of the suckling, which is milk

المِشْكَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    the niche that is not openboth

    the niche that is not open

شَكِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    complainingboth

    One who complains.

  2. 2.
    painedclassical

    Suffering from pain.

Parallel reading

شكوت فلانا أشكوه شكوى وشكاية وشكية وشكاة، إذا أخبرت عنه بسوء فعله بك
You complain about someone, saying 'I complain about him,' with 'shakwa,' 'shikayah,' 'shikiyyah,' or 'shikah,' if you inform about his bad actions towards you.
فهو مشكو ومشكي
And he is 'mashku' and 'mashki' (complained about).
وأشكيت فلانا، إذا فعلت به فعلا أحوجه إلى أن يشكوك
And you cause someone to complain ('ashkayta fulanan') if you do something to him that necessitates him complaining about you.
وأشكيته أيضا، إذا أعتبته من شكواه ونزعت عن شكايته وأزلته عما يشكوه
And you also appease him ('ashkaytuhu') if you console him from his complaint, remove his grievance, and relieve him from what he is complaining about.
تمد بالأعناق أو تلويها وتشتكي لو أننا نشكيها
You stretch out with necks or twist them, and you complain as if we were complaining about them.
واشتكيته مثل شكوته
And you complain about him ('ishtakaytuhu') just as you complain about him ('shakawtuhu').
واشتكى عضوا من أعضائه
And he complained of a limb from his limbs ('ishtaka 'udwan min a'dā'ihi').
واشتكى، أي اتخذ شكوة
And 'ishtaka' means to take a 'shakwah' (a milk skin bag).
المشكاة: الكوة التي ليست بنافذة
The 'mishkah' is a niche that is not penetrating (a blind window).
ورجل شاكي السلاح، إذا كان ذا شوكة وحد في سلاحه
And a man 'shaki al-silah' is one who possesses sharpness and edge in his weaponry.
والشكي: الذي يشتكي
And 'al-shaki' is he who complains.
والشكي أيضا: المشكو
And 'al-shaki' is also the one complained about ('al-mashku').
والشكي أيضا: الموجع
And 'al-shaki' is also the one in pain.
والشكوة: جلد الرضيع، وهو للبن، فإذا كان جلد الجذع فما فوقه سمى وطبا
And the 'shakwah' is the skin of a suckling animal, used for milk; if it is the skin of a yearling or older, it is called a 'watab'.
والشكى في السلاح معرب، وهو بالتركية بش
And 'al-shaka' in weaponry is a loanword, and in Turkish it is 'bish'.