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1 شَكَا ذ , (K,) first pers. شَكَوْتُ, (S, Msb,) of which شَكَيْتُ is a dial. var., (K in art. شكى,) aor. 1َ2ُ3َ , (S, Msb,) [and of the latter 1َ2ِ3َ ,] inf. n. شَكْوٌ, (S, Msb,) or شَكْوَى, (K,) or this is a simple subst., (S, Msb,) also pronounced شَكْوًى, (K,) and شِكَايَةٌ, (S, K,) with kesr, (K,) in which the ى is [said to be] substituted for و because most inf. ns. of the measure فِعَالَةٌ of verbs ending with an infirm radical letter are of verbs of which that letter is ى, (TA,) or this also is a simple subst., (Msb,) and شَكَاةٌ, (S, K,) or this too is a simple subst., (Msb,) and شَكَاوَةٌ, (K,) and شَكِيَّةٌ, (S, K,) is a trans. verb; (S, Msb, K;) and ↓ اشتكى signifies the same; (S, K;) as also ↓ تشكّى : (K:) one says, شَكَا أَمْرَهُ إِِلَى ا@للّٰهِ and ↓ اشتكى [i. e. اشتكى أَمْرَهُ], and ↓ تشكّى [i. e. تشكّى أَمْرَهُ], (K, TA,) meaning [He complained of his case to God; or] he told to God the weakness of his condition: (TA:) and شَكَوْتُ فُلَانًا and ↓ اِشْتَكَيْتُهُ [I complained to such a one of his conduct to me]; (S;) [or] شَكَا فُلَانًا means he told such a one of his evil conduct to him: (TA:) and شَكَا فُلَانًا إِِلَى فُلَانٍ He complained of such a one to such a one: (MA:) [and شَكَوْتُ إِِلَيْهِ كَذَا I complained to him of such a thing:] see 4: and [in like manner] إِِلَيْهِ كَذَا ↓ اشتكى He complained to him of such a thing: (MA:) and مِنْهُ ↓ اِشْتَكَيْتُ [I complained of him, or it; like شَكَوْتُهُ]: (Msb:) Er-Rághib says, الشِكَايَةُ is The showing, or revealing, of grief, or sorrow; whence the saying in the Kur [xii. 86], إِِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّى وَحُزْنِى إِِلَى ا@للّٰهِ [I only show my grief and my lamentation to God]; and in the same [lviii. 1], إِِلَى ا@للّٰهِ ↓ وَتَشْتَكِى [And showeth her grief, or sorrow, to God]; the primary signification of الشَّكْوُ being the opening of the small skin for water or milk called شَكْوَة, and showing what is in it; so that it is as though originally metaphorical [though what is termed حَقِيقَةٌ عُرْفِيَّةٌ (expl. in art. حق）]; like the phrases بَثَثْتُ لَهُ مَا فِى وِعَائِى and نَفَضْتُ لَهُ مَا فِى جِرَابِى, meaning “ I showed him what was in my heart. ” (TA.) ― -b2- شَكَا is also said of a camel as meaning He stretched out his neck, and made much moaning, or prolonged utterance of a complaining voice, being fatigued by journeying. (TA.) ― -b3- And شَكَاهُ, (MA, K, TA,) inf. n. شَكْوٌ and شَكَاةٌ and شَكْوَى, (MA, TA,) is said in relation to a disease, or sickness; (MA, K, TA;) meaning He (a diseased, or sick, person) complained of it, namely, his disease, or sickness; (MA; [accord. to the TK, followed in this case, as in many others, by Freytag, it means it (i. e. disease, or sickness,) afflicted him; which I think to be indubitably a mistake;]) and ↓ تشكّى and ↓ اشتكى signify the same [as شَكَا مَرَضَهُ he complained of his disease, or sickness]: (TA:) [or] these two verbs (تشكّى and اشتكى) signify [or signify also] he was, or became, diseased, or sick. (TA in additions at the end of this art.) One says also, ↓ اشتكى عُضْوًا مِنْ أَعْضَائِهِ and ↓ تشكّى , both meaning the same [i. e., originally, He complained of a pain, or disease, in some one of his members; but generally meaning he had a complaint of, or a pain or a disease in, some one of his members; and شَكَا عُضْوًا not unfrequently occurs used in the same sense]: (S:) [thus one often says of a brute; for ex.,] As says, in explaining القُلَابُ as meaning “ a certain disease that attacks the camel, ” مِنْهُ قَلْبَهُ ↓ يَشْتَكِى [he has a pain in consequence thereof in his heart; in which قَلْبَهُ, though determinate, may be considered as an explicative, like بَطْنَهُ in the phrase أَلِمَ بَطْنَهُ, q. v.]. (S in art. قلب.) ― -b4- One says also, هُوَ يُشْكَى بِكَذَا, meaning He is accused, or suspected, of such a thing; syn. يُتَّهَمُ بِهِ: (K: [there mentioned as though it were from أُشْكِىَ, and held to be so by the author of the TK; but it is from شُكِىَ; as though meaning he is complained of by reason of such a thing:]) mentioned by Yaakoob, in the “ Alfádh. ” (TA.) -A2- شكى فُلَانٌ [thus in my original, app. شَكَا or شَكَى,] is mentioned by Az as meaning The nails of such a one became split in several, or many, places. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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