شك

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Form 1شَكَّ16 senses · 4 main

Core sense — he doubted about it; he pierced it; he put on his weaponsgenerated

1.1

It is intransitive by itself, and transitive by means of the particle فى.

1.1.1the thing, or case, or affair, was, or became, dubious, or confused—شَكَّ الأَمْرُ

[contrary to analogy in the case of an intransitive verb of this class]; maṣdar شَكٌّ.

1.1.2he doubted, wavered in opinion, or was uncertain, about it—شَكَّ فِيهِ

First person شَكَكْتُ فيه; muḍāriʿ as above, and so the maṣdar.

Synonym اِرْتَابَ. This agrees with the explanations given of شَكٌّ [q. v. below].

تشكّك has the same meaning.

1.1.3the case, or affair, was difficult, hard, or distressing to me—شَكَّ عَلَىَّ الأَمْرُ

That is, شَقَّ.

Or, as some say, it was such that I doubted about it.

1.2he limped, or had a slight lameness in his hind leg—شَكَّ

Said of a camel; muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above.

Or: his arm stuck to his side, and he had a slight lameness as a result.

Ibn-'Abbād: اشتكّ, likewise said of a camel, he had a slight lameness, like شَكَّ.

1.2.1the cleaving, or sticking, of a thing to another thing—شَكٌّ

So in a verse of Aboo-Dahbal El-Jumaḥee cited under يَلَبٌ.

the relationship was, or became, closely united—شَكَّتِ الرَّحِمُ

[See رَحِمٌ شَاكَّةٌ under شَاكٌّ.]

1.2.2he put on, or attired himself with, the arms, or weapons, completely, leaving none of them—شَكَّ فِى السِّلَاحِ

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above.

As though he entered amid them.

1.3I pierced, or transpierced, him, or it, with the spear, with the arrow, and the like—شَكَكْتُهُ بِالرُّمْحِ

In the K شَكَّهُ; also بِالسَّهْمِ and the like. Muḍāriʿ as above, and so the maṣdar.

Explained as طَعَنْتُهُ, or خَزَقْتُهُ, and in like manner in the TA; but in my copies of the S خَرَقْتُهُ [meaning I made a hole in him, or it], and thus in one place in the TA, and اِنْتَظَمْتُهُ, and in like manner in the K.

IDrd says that, according to some, شَكٌّ is only the joining of two things together with an arrow or a spear.

So فَشَكَّ رِجْلَهُ مَعَ رِكَابِهِ means: and he clave and transpierced his leg, or foot, together with his stirrup.

1.3.1I traversed, or cut through, the countries, or districts, to him—شَكَكْتُ إِلَيْهِ البِلَادَ

Hence.

1.3.2the garment was drawn together upon him and fastened with a thorn or a wooden pin—شُكَّ عَلَيِه الثَّوْبُ

Or: it was let down, or made to hang down, upon him.

1.3.3they placed their tents in one row, in one regular order, near together—شَكُّوا بُيُوتَهُمْ

1.3.4they made the relationships to be closely connected—شَكُّوا الأَرْحَامَ

he was said to be connected with the lineage of another—شُكَّ

on this sense From this.

1.3.5I drew and joined, or adjoined, it to another thing—شَكَكْتُهُ

Said of anything.

[And I infixed it in, or thrust it into, another thing.]

1.3.6its friend would not be joined, or grasped, with my hand—مَا شَكَّ كَفِى خَلِيلُهَا

Or, more probably, ما شُكَّ; a phrase in a verse of El-Farezdak, in which it forms an apodosis.

It means مَا قَارَنَ. The friend here is apparently the sword, or the spear, both of which are meanings of الخَلِيل.

1.3.7he made the stitch-holes far apart in sewing the garment, or piece of cloth—شَكَّ الثَّوْبَ

Said of the sewer.

[Thus the verb has two contrary meanings.]

1.4I inclined to him, or it; or I relied on him, or it, so as to become easy, or quiet, in mind—شَكِكْتُ إِلَيْهِ

With kesr; also شَكِكْتُهُ (Ibn-'Abbād, O, and so in the K according to the TA, as also in the TK; in the CK and in my manuscript copy of the K شَكَكْتُهُ and اليه ).

Synonym رَكَنْتُ. (Ibn-'Abbād)

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is intrans. by itself, and trans. by means of the particle فى : one says شَكَّ الأَمْرُ , aor. يَشُكُّ [contr. to analogy in the case of an intrans. verb of this class], inf. n. شَكٌّ , The thing, or case, or affair, was, or became, dubious, or confused: (Msb:) and شَكَّ فِيهِ , (MA, K,) first pers. شَكَكْتُ فيه , (S, Msb,) aor. as above, (JM, PS, &c.,) and so the inf. n., (MA, &c.,) He doubted, wavered or vacillated in opinion, or was uncertain, respecting it; (MA, Msb, and so accord. to explanations of شَكٌّ [q. v. infrà] in the S and Msb and K &c.;) syn. اِرْتَابَ ; (Msb;) and تشكّك signifies the same. (S, K.) شَكَّ عَلَىَّ الأَمْرُ means شَقَّ [i. e. The case, or affair, was difficult, hard, distressing, &c., to me]: (O, TA:) or, as some say, [was such that] I doubted ( شَكَكْتُ ) respecting it. (TA.) شَكَّ said of a camel, (IAar, S, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (S,) He limped, or halted; or had a slight lameness, (IAar, S, TA,) of his hind leg: (IAar, TA:) or his arm stuck to his side, (K, TA,) and he had a slight lameness in consequence thereof: (TA:) and اشتكّ , likewise said of a camel, he had a slight lameness; (Ibn-'Abbád, O, TA;) like شَكَّ . (Ibn-'Abbád, O.) شَكٌّ also signifies The cleaving or sticking [of a thing to another thing]. (S, O, TA.) So in a verse of Aboo-Dahbal El-Jumahee cited voce يَلَبٌ . (S.) And one says, شَكَّتِ الرَّحِمُ The relationship was, or became, closely united. (O, TA. [See رَحِمٌ شَاكَّةٌ , voce شَاكٌّ .]) شَكَّ فِى السِّلَاحِ , (K, TA,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) He put on [or around him,] or attired himself with, the arms, or weapons, completely, not leaving any of them; (TA;) [as though] he entered amid them. (K, TA.) شَكَكْتُهُ بِالرُّمْحِ , (S, O, Msb, in the K شَكَّهُ ,) and بِالسَّهْمِ , and the like, aor. as above, (TA,) and so the inf. n., (Msb, TA,) I pierced, or transpierced, him, or it, ( طَعَنْتُهُ , Msb, or خَزَقْتُهُ , O, and in like manner in the TA, but in my copies of the S خَرَقْتُهُ [meaning I made a hole in him, or it], and thus in one place in the TA, and اِنْتَظَمْتُهُ , S O, and in like manner in the K,) with the spear, (S, O, Msb, K,) and with the arrow, &c.: (TA:) but IDrd says that, accord. to some, شَكٌّ is only by the conjoining two things with an arrow or a spear: (O, TA:) [thus,] فَشَكَّ رِجْلَهُ مَعَ رِكَابِهِ means And he clave and transpierced his leg, or foot, together with his stirrup. (Mgh.) [Hence,] شَكَكْتُ إِلَيْهِ البِلَادَ I traversed, or crossed, or cut through, the countries, or districts, to him. (O, TA.) And شُكَّ عَلَيِه الثَّوْبُ The garment was put [or drawn] together upon him, and fastened with a thorn or a wooden pin: or was let down, or made to hang down, upon him. (TA.) شَكُّوا بُيُوتَهُمْ They placed their tents in one row, or series, (O, Msb, K,) in one regular order, (T, TA,) near together. (Msb.) Hence; شَكُّوا الأَرْحَامَ They made the relationships to be closely connected. (Msb.) And شُكَّ He was made, or asserted, to be connected with the lineage of another. (IAar, O.) And شَكَكْتُهُ said of anything means I drew and joined, or adjoined, it [to another thing]. (Msb.) [And I infixed it in, or thrust it into, another thing.] مَا شَكَّ كَفِى خَلِيلُهَا , [or, more probably, ما شُكَّ ,] a phrase in a verse of El-Farezdak,] in which it forms an apodosis,] means مَا قَارَنَ [i. e., app., Its friend (the sword, or the spear, both of which are meanings of الخَلِيل ,) would not be conjoined (or grasped) with my hand]. (TA.) شَكَّ الثَّوْبَ He (the sewer) made the stitch-holes far apart [in sewing the garment, or piece of cloth]. (O, TA.) [Thus the verb has two contr. meanings.] شَكِكْتُ إِلَيْهِ , with kesr, and شَكِكْتُهُ , (Ibn- 'Abbád, O, and so in the K accord. to the TA, as also in the TK, in the CK and in my MS. copy of the K شَكَكْتُهُ and اليه ,) I inclined to him, or it; or trusted to, or relied upon, him, or it, so as to be, or become, easy, or quiet, in mind; or leaned, rested, or relied, upon him, or it; syn. رَكَنْتُ . (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.)

Form 2شكّكنى فِيهِ1 sense

maṣdarتَشْكِيكٌ

Core sense — he made me doubt, or be uncertain, about itgenerated

2.1

He made me doubt, waver in opinion, or be uncertain, about it; he threw me into doubt about it.

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, (S, O, K, *) inf. n. تَشْكِيكٌ , (O,) He made me to doubt, to waver or vacillate in opinion, or to be uncertain, respecting it; (S, K, TA;) he threw me, or made me to fall, into doubt, &c., respecting it. (O.)

Form 5تَشَكَّكَ1 sense

Core sense — he doubted, he wavered in opiniongenerated

5.1

See the first paragraph.

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see the first paragraph.

Form 8إِشْتَكَكَ1 sense

Core sense — he doubted, he wavered in opiniongenerated

8.1

See the first paragraph.

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see the first paragraph.

Derived nouns 20

Nounشَكٌّ6 senses · 3 main

Core sense — doubt, uncertainty; a small crack in a bone; arsenicgenerated

Used as a substantive: doubt; the opposite of يَقِينٌ.

By this explanation is meant a wavering in opinion between two things, whether they are equal in probability or one of them outweighs the other; or, as the expositors explain its meaning in the Qur'ān 10:94, uncertainty.

Or a wavering in opinion between two inconsistent things, without making either of them outweigh the other in the estimation of the one who conceives the شَكّ.

Or, as some say, a pausing, or hesitation, between two extremes that are equal in probability, without the mind inclining to either of them. When one of them is made to outweigh, without the other being rejected, it is ظَنٌّ.

Er-Rāghib: the alternation, or confusedness, of two inconsistent things in a man's judgment, and their being equal. This is sometimes because there are two indications, equal in his judgment, of the two inconsistent things; or because there is no indication of them at all. Sometimes it relates to the question whether a thing is or is not; sometimes to what kind it is; sometimes to some of its qualities; and sometimes to the accident that is the cause of its being.

It is a species of جَهْل, but more special than this, for جهل is sometimes the utter nonexistence of knowledge of the two inconsistent things; so every شكّ is جهل, but not every جهل is شكّ.

According to some, the primary meaning is a state of commotion, or disturbance, of the heart and mind.

Plural شُكُوكٌ.

Qur’ān 10:94 approximate — somewhere between 10:87 and 10:109 Lane cites “Kur x. 94”

Qur’ān 10:94 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root

فَإِن كُنتَ فِى شَكٍّ مِّمَّآ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ فَسْـَٔلِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقْرَءُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِن قَبْلِكَ ۚ لَقَدْ جَآءَكَ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُمْتَرِينَ

If thou wert in doubt as to what We have revealed unto thee, then ask those who have been reading the Book from before thee: the Truth hath indeed come to thee from thy Lord: so be in no wise of those in doubt.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1the day of which one doubts whether it is the last of one month or the first of the next—يَوْمُ الشَّكِ

Hence.

Generally, whether it is the last of Shaabán or the first of Ramadán; fasting on this day is forbidden.

Also a small crack in a bone.

2.1

And a seam, or line of sewing, of a garment.

2.2

[And according to Freytag, a coat of mail composed of narrow rings; but he names no authority for this.]

And [arsenic;] a medicine that destroys rats, brought from Khurásán, from the silver mines; of two kinds, white and yellow; now known by the name of سَمُّ الفَأْرِ [ratsbane].

Qur’ānic occurrences شَكّ 5 shown of 15

11:110

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ فَٱخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍ

We certainly gave the Book to Moses, but differences arose therein: had it not been that a word had gone forth before from thy Lord, the matter would have been decided between them, but they are in suspicious doubt concerning it.

27:66

بَلِ ٱدَّٰرَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهَا ۖ بَلْ هُم مِّنْهَا عَمُونَ

Still less can their knowledge comprehend the Hereafter: Nay, they are in doubt and uncertainty thereanent; nay, they are blind thereunto!

34:54

وَحِيلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِأَشْيَاعِهِم مِّن قَبْلُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ فِى شَكٍّ مُّرِيبٍۭ

And between them and their desires, is placed a barrier, as was done in the past with their partisans: for they were indeed in suspicious (disquieting) doubt.

38:8

أَءُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّن ذِكْرِى ۖ بَل لَّمَّا يَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِ

"What! has the Message been sent to him - (Of all persons) among us?"... but they are in doubt concerning My (Own) Message! Nay, they have not yet tasted My Punishment!

44:9

بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ

Yet they play about in doubt.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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[used as a subst.] signifies Doubt; (Msb; [see 1;]) or the contr. of يَقِينٌ ; (S, O, Msb, K;) by which explanation is meant a wavering or vacillation in opinion between two things, whether they be equal [in probability] or such that one of them outweighs [therein] the other; or, as the expositors explain its meaning in the Kur x. 94, uncertainty: (Msb:) or a wavering or vacillation in opinion, between two inconsistent things, without making either of them to outweigh the other in the estimation of him who conceives the شَكّ : or, as some say, a pausing, or hesitation, between two extremes that are equal [in probability], without the mind's inclining to either of them: when one of them is made to outweigh, without the other's being rejected, it is ظَنٌّ : (KT:) accord. to Er-Rághib, it is the alternation, or confusedness, of two inconsistent things, in the judgment of a man, and their being equal: this is sometimes because of there being two indications, equal in his judgment, of the two inconsistent things; or of there being no indication thereof: and sometimes it relates to the question whether a thing be, or be not; and sometimes, to the question of what kind it is; and sometimes, to some of its qualities; and sometimes, to the accident that is the cause of its being: it is a species of جَهْل ; but is more special than this; for جهل is sometimes the utter nonexistence of knowledge of the two inconsistent things; so that every شكّ is جهل , but every جهل is not شكّ : (TA:) accord. to some, the primary meaning is a state of commotion, or disturbance, of the heart and mind: (Msb:) pl. شُكُوكٌ . (K.) [Hence, يَوْمُ الشَّكِ The day of which one doubts whether it be the last of one month or the first of the next month: and generally, whether it be the last of Shaabán or the first of Ramadán; and to fast on this day is forbidden.] Also A small crack in a bone. (K.) And A seam, or line of sewing, of a garment. (L in art. صوح .) [And accord. to Freytag, A coat of mail composed of narrow rings: but he names no authority for this.] And [Arsenic;] a certain medicament, that destroys rats; brought from Khurásán, from the mines of silver; (K, TA;) of two kinds, (TA,) white and yellow; (K, TA;) now known by the name of سَمُّ الفَأْرِ [ratsbane]. (TA.)

Nounشِكٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a covering put on the backs of the curved ends of a bowgenerated

A covering that is put upon the backs of the two curved extremities of the bow. So says ISd.

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A covering ( حُلَّة ) that is put upon the backs of the two curved extremities of the bow: (K:) so says ISd. (TA.)

Nounشَكَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a single piercing through two men on one horsegenerated

[An ism waḥda.] A single piercing through two men on a horse.

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[an inf. n. of un.] A single piercing through two men on a horse. (Ham p. 271.)

Nounشُكَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the region to which one directs oneselfgenerated

1he is one whose region, to which he directs himself, is far distant—إِنَّه لَبَعِيدُ الشُّكَّةِ

Same as شُقَّةٌ, as in this saying.

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i. q. شُقَّةٌ : (O, K:) so in the saying, إِنَّه لَبَعِيدُ الشُّكَّةِ [Verily he is one whose region to which he directs himself is far distant]. (O.)

Nounشِكَّةٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — arms, or weapons, that are worngenerated

Arms, or weapons, that are worn.

1.1

And a broad piece of wood, or small broad piece of wood, that is put into the hole [in which the end of the handle is inserted] of the axe, or adz, and the like, in order to narrow it.

2a man discordant in natural dispositions—رَجُلٌ مُخْتَلِفُ الشِّكَّةِ

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Arms, or weapons, (S, K, TA,) that are worn. (TA.) And A broad piece of wood, (K,) or small broad piece of wood, (S, O,) that is put into the hole ( خُرْت ) [in which is inserted the end of the handle] of the axe, or adz, and the like, in order to narrow it. (IDrd, S, O, K.) رَجُلٌ مُخْتَلِفُ الشِّكَّةِ means A man discordant in natural dispositions. (TA.)

Nounشَكِكٌ1 sense

Core sense — a camel having a slight lameness, that limpsgenerated

A camel having a slight lameness; that limps, or halts.

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A camel having a slight lameness; that limps, or halts. (TA.)

Nounشُكُكٌ2 senses

Core sense — adopted sons; those who make a claim in respect of relationshipgenerated

With two dammehs; [a plural whose singular in the sense indicated here is not mentioned.]

Same as أَدْعِيَآءُ [persons who make a claim in respect of relationship; or who claim to be sons of men not their fathers; or who are claimed as sons by men not their father; or adopted sons: plural of دَعِىٌّ ].

[Also said to be plural of شَكِيكَةٌ, q. v.]

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, with two dammehs, [a pl. of which the sing., in the sense here indicated, is not mentioned,] i. q. أَدْعِيَآءُ [Persons who make a claim in respect of relationship; or who claim to be sons of persons not their fathers; or who are claimed as sons by persons not their father; or adopted sons: pl. of دَعِىٌّ ]. (IAar, TA.) [Also said to be pl. of شَكِيكَةٌ , q. v.]

Nounشِكَاكٌ1 sense

Core sense — tents arranged in one rowgenerated

1they pitched their tents in one row—ضَرَبُوا بُيُوتَهُمْ شِكَاكًا

Tents arranged in a row.

According to Th, it is سِكَاكًا [q. v.], from السِّكَّةُ.

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Tents arranged in a row: (O, K:) one says, ضَرَبُوا بُيُوتَهُمْ شِكَاكًا They pitched their tents in one row: but accord. to Th, it is سِكَاكًا , [q. v.], from السِّكَّةُ . (TA.)

Nounشَكُوكٌ1 sense

Core sense — a she-camel whose hump one doubts to be fat, because of her thick furgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

A she-camel of which one doubts whether her hump is fat or not, because of the abundance of her fur, so that her hump has to be felt.

Plural شُكٌّ.

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A she-camel of which one doubts whether she be fat or not (S, K, TA) in her hump, (K, TA,) by reason of the abundance of her fur, wherefore her hump is felt: (S, TA:) pl. شُكٌّ . (K.)

Nounشُكُوكٌ1 sense

Core sense — sidesgenerated

Sides; synonym جَوَانِبُ. (Ibn-'Abbād)

[Perhaps a plural of شَكَاكَةٌ (q. v.), which it is mentioned next after in the O; as صُلِىٌّ (originally صُلُوىٌ ) is a plural of صَلَايَةٌ.]

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Sides; syn. جَوَانِبُ . (Ibn-'Abbád, O, TA.) [Perhaps pl. of شَكَاكَةٌ (q. v.), next after which it is mentioned in the O; like as صُلِىٌّ (originally صُلُوىٌ ) is pl. of صَلَايَةٌ .]

Nounشَكَاكَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a region, quarter, or tract of the earthgenerated

A region, quarter, or tract of the earth; synonym نَاحِيَةٌ. (Ibn-'Abbād)

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A region, quarter, or tract, syn. نَاحِيَةٌ , of the earth. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.)

Nounشَكِيكَةٌ5 senses · 4 main

Core sense — a distinct body of men; a way of acting; natural dispositiongenerated

A party, sect, or distinct body or class, of men.

Plural شَكَائِكُ, and apparently شِكَكٌ also, for according to IAar شِكَكٌ means distinct bodies of soldiers.

2leave him intent on pursuing his way—دَعْهُ عَلَى شَكِيكَتِهِ

A way, course, mode, or manner, of acting or conduct or the like; as in this saying.

Plural شَكَائِكُ and شُكُكٌ, or شِكَكٌ; if the latter of these two, it is irregular with respect to analogy.

2.1

And natural disposition; synonym خُلُقٌ.

[The only reading I find in copies of the K is with ح in the place of خ, that is, حَلْق, and so, but without any vowel-sign, in the TA; but I think the right reading is clearly the one in the TK.]

Also the kind of basket called سَلَّة, in which fruits are put. (Ibn-'Abbād)

And the plural شَكَائِكُ means the pieces of wood which, joined together, form the tent-like tops of the vehicles called هَوَادِج [plural of هَوْدَجٌ ].

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A party, sect, or distinct body or class, (AA, S, O, K,) of men: (AA, S, O:) pl. شَكَائِكُ ; (AA, S;) [and app. شِكَكٌ also, for,] accord. to IAar, شِكَكٌ signifies distinct bodies of soldiers. (TA.) A way, course, mode, or manner, of acting or conduct or the like: (IDrd, O, K:) thus in the saying, دَعْهُ عَلَى شَكِيكَتِهِ [Leave thou him intent on pursuing his way, &c.]: (IDrd, O:) pl. شَكَائِكُ (IDrd, O, K) and شُكُكٌ , (so in copies of the K,) or شِكَكٌ ; if the latter of these two, extr. [with respect to analogy]. (TA.) And Natural disposition; syn. خُلُقٌ . (TK, as from the K. [The only reading that I find in copies of the K is with ح in the place of خ , i. e. حَلْق ; and thus, but without any vowel-sign, in the TA: but I think that the right reading is evidently that in the TK.]) Also The [kind of basket called] سَلَّة in which are [put] fruits. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K, *) And [the pl.] شَكَائِكُ signifies The pieces of wood with which, they being joined together, are formed the tent-like tops of the vehicles called هَوَادِج [pl. of هَوْدَجٌ ]. (AA, O, TA.)

Nounشُكُكَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a woman well proportioned and slender; or active in her work and clevergenerated

Applied to a woman: just in proportion, or beautiful, and slender; or light, or active, in her work; and clever. It is vulgar.

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, applied to a woman, meaning Just in proportion, or beautiful, and slender; or light, or active, in her work; and clever; is vulgar. (TA.)

Nounشَكِّىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — difficult, said of a bit, or bridlegenerated

So in the O, where it occurs in three instances; or شُكِّىٌّ, as in the K — but if this were the right reading, the author's rule would require him to add “with damm”, so I suppose it to have been miscopied in an early copy of the K.

Applied to a لِجَام [i. e. bit, or bridle]: difficult.

[See also شَكِّىٌّ in art. شكو and شكى.]

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, (so in the O, occurring there in three instances,) or شُكِّىٌّ , (thus in the K, [but if this were the right reading, the rule of the author would require him to add “ with damm, ” therefore I suppose it to have been mistranscribed in an early copy of the K,]) applied to a لِجَام [i. e. bit, or bridle], Difficult. (O, K.) [See also شَكِّىٌّ in art. شكو and شكى .]

Nounشَكَّاكٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who doubts much, a doubtergenerated

See شَاكٌّ.

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: see شَاكٌّ .

Nounشَكْشَكَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — sharp arms, or weapons; the sharpness of armsgenerated

Sharp arms or weapons; or the sharpness of arms or weapons — and the latter should be the meaning according to analogy.

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Sharp arms or weapons: (IAar, O, K:) or the sharpness of arms or weapons: (K:) or the latter should be the meaning accord. to analogy. (O.)

Nounشَاكٌّ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — doubting; wearing a complete set of arms; closely relatedgenerated

[Ism fāʿil of شَكَّ.]

1.1a man completely armed—رَجُلٌ شَاكُّ السِّلَاحِ

Also شَاكٌّ فِى السِّلَاحِ, in the same sense.

The former is explained as meaning a man wearing a complete set of arms, or weapons. [Plural شُكَّاكٌ, agreeably with analogy.]

a people, or party, completely clad in sets of iron arms or weapons—قَوْمٌ شُكَّاكٌ فِى الحَدِيدِ

In one of my copies of the S, بِالحَدِيدِ.

[According to the TA, one says رَجُلٌ شَكَّاكٌ مِنْ قَوْمٍ شُكَّاكٍ; but شَكَّاكٌ seems clearly to be a miscopying for شَاكٌّ. See also شَاكُ السِّلَاحِ and شَاكِى السِّلَاحِ in arts. شوك and شكو.]

1.2near relationship—رَحِمٌ شَاكَّةٌ

[See شَكَّتِ الرَّحِمُ.]