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شَاكٍ ذ : see شَكِىٌّ, in two places. -A2- In the phrase رَجُلٌ شَاكِى السِّلَاحِ, (S,) which means A man whose weapon is sharp, or whose weapons are sharp, (S, K, *) Akh says that شاكى is formed by transposition from شَائِك [q. v. in art. شوك]: (S:) and accord. to AZ, one says also شَاكٍ فِى السِّلاحِ. (TA in art. شوك.) ― -b2- And الشَّاكِى [is app. formed in like manner from الشَّائِكُ, and] signifies The lion. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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