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شَجَرٌ شَائِكٌ ذ (S, O) and ↓ شَوِكٌ and ↓ شَاكٌ (O) Trees having thorns; (S, O; *) and ↓ شَجَرَةٌ مُشِيكَةٌ a tree having thorns: (TA:) [or thorny; having many thorns; for] ↓ شَجَرَةٌ شَاكَةٌ signifies a thorny tree, or a tree having many thorns, (S, O, K,) accord. to ISk; (S, O;) as also ↓ شجرة شَوِكَةٌ [in the CK (erroneously) شَوْكَةٌ] and شَائِكَةٌ (K, TA) and ↓ مُشْوِكَةٌ . (S, O, K, * TA.) And ↓ أَرْضٌ شَاكَةٌ A thorny land, or a land in which are many thorns: (K, TA:) and [in like manner] أَرْضٌ ↓ مُشْوِكَةٌ (S, O, K) a thorny land, or a land abounding with thorns; (O;) a land in which are the [thorny trees called] سِحَآء and قَتَاد and هَرَاس. (S, O, K.) ― -b2- شَائِكُ السِّلَاحِ (S, O, Msb, K) and السلاحِ ↓ شَاكُ , (Fr, K, TA,) with refa to the ك, (TA,) [in the CK, erroneously, شاكِ,] and ↓ شَوِكُ السلاحِ, (K,) which is of the dial. of El-Yemen, (TA,) and السلاحِ ↓ شَاكِى , (Fr, S, O, Msb, K,) this last formed by transposition from the first, (S, O, Msb, TA,) or, as Fr says, شَاكِى السلاحِ and شَاكُ السلاحِ are like جُرُفْ هَارٍ and هَارٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) A man who exhibits his شَوْكَة [i. e. vehemence of might or strength, or of valour or prowess, &c.], and his sharpness: (S, O, Msb:) or a man whose weapon is sharp, or whose weapons are sharp: (K, TA:) or السلاحِ ↓ شَاكِى , as some explain it, a man whose spear-head and arrow-head and the like are sharp: (TA:) [or all may be rendered bristling with arms:] and accord. to AZ, one says فِى السِّلَاحِ ↓ شَاكٍ and شَائِكٌ. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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