شائك

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
ش و ك (š-w-k)

Derived from the active participle from the verb شَاكَ (šāka).

Pronunciation

Adjective

شَائِك • (šāʔik) (feminine شَائِكَة (šāʔika), masculine plural شَائِكُونَ (šāʔikūna), feminine plural شَائِكَات (šāʔikāt))

  1. (also figuratively) thorny, prickly, spiky
    سِلْكٌ شَائِكٌ ― silkun šāʔikun ― barbed wire
    مَوْضُوعٌ شَائِكٌ ― mawḍūʕun šāʔikun ― thorny topic

Declension

Declension of adjective شَائِك (šāʔik)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal شَائِك
šāʔik 		الشَّائِك
aš-šāʔik 		شَائِكَة
šāʔika 		الشَّائِكَة
aš-šāʔika
Nominative شَائِكٌ
šāʔikun 		الشَّائِكُ
aš-šāʔiku 		شَائِكَةٌ
šāʔikatun 		الشَّائِكَةُ
aš-šāʔikatu
Accusative شَائِكًا
šāʔikan 		الشَّائِكَ
aš-šāʔika 		شَائِكَةً
šāʔikatan 		الشَّائِكَةَ
aš-šāʔikata
Genitive شَائِكٍ
šāʔikin 		الشَّائِكِ
aš-šāʔiki 		شَائِكَةٍ
šāʔikatin 		الشَّائِكَةِ
aš-šāʔikati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal شَائِكَيْن
šāʔikayn 		الشَّائِكَيْن
aš-šāʔikayn 		شَائِكَتَيْن
šāʔikatayn 		الشَّائِكَتَيْن
aš-šāʔikatayn
Nominative شَائِكَانِ
šāʔikāni 		الشَّائِكَانِ
aš-šāʔikāni 		شَائِكَتَانِ
šāʔikatāni 		الشَّائِكَتَانِ
aš-šāʔikatāni
Accusative شَائِكَيْنِ
šāʔikayni 		الشَّائِكَيْنِ
aš-šāʔikayni 		شَائِكَتَيْنِ
šāʔikatayni 		الشَّائِكَتَيْنِ
aš-šāʔikatayni
Genitive شَائِكَيْنِ
šāʔikayni 		الشَّائِكَيْنِ
aš-šāʔikayni 		شَائِكَتَيْنِ
šāʔikatayni 		الشَّائِكَتَيْنِ
aš-šāʔikatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal شَائِكِين
šāʔikīn 		الشَّائِكِين
aš-šāʔikīn 		شَائِكَات
šāʔikāt 		الشَّائِكَات
aš-šāʔikāt
Nominative شَائِكُونَ
šāʔikūna 		الشَّائِكُونَ
aš-šāʔikūna 		شَائِكَاتٌ
šāʔikātun 		الشَّائِكَاتُ
aš-šāʔikātu
Accusative شَائِكِينَ
šāʔikīna 		الشَّائِكِينَ
aš-šāʔikīna 		شَائِكَاتٍ
šāʔikātin 		الشَّائِكَاتِ
aš-šāʔikāti
Genitive شَائِكِينَ
šāʔikīna 		الشَّائِكِينَ
aš-šāʔikīna 		شَائِكَاتٍ
šāʔikātin 		الشَّائِكَاتِ
aš-šāʔikāti
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