شقاء

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Arabic

Root
ش ق و (š q w)
5 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

شَقَاء • (šaqāʔ) m

  1. unhappiness, misery, wretchedness
    • a. 544, Imruʾ Al-Qays
      لَعَمْرُكَ مَا إِنْ ضَرَّنِي وَسْطَ حِمْيَرٍ / وَأَقْوَالِهَا إِلَّا المَخِيلَةُ وَٱلسُّكُرْ
      وَغَيْرُ الشَّقَاءِ المُسْتَبِينِ، فَلَيْتَنِي / أَجَرَّ لِسَانِي يَوْمَ ذَلِكُمُ مُجِرّ
      laʕamruka mā ʔin ḍarranī wasṭa ḥimyarin / waʔaqwālihā ʔillā l-maḵīlatu was-sukur
      waḡayru aš-šaqāʔi al-mustabīni, falaytanī / ʔajarra lisānī yawma ḏalikumu mujirr
      Nothing hurt me amidst Himyar / and its Qayls but haughtiness and drunks / and clear misery. If only I held my tongue on that day!

Declension

Declension of noun شَقَاء (šaqāʔ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal شَقَاء
šaqāʔ 		الشَّقَاء
aš-šaqāʔ 		شَقَاء
šaqāʔ
Nominative شَقَاءٌ
šaqāʔun 		الشَّقَاءُ
aš-šaqāʔu 		شَقَاءُ
šaqāʔu
Accusative شَقَاءً
šaqāʔan 		الشَّقَاءَ
aš-šaqāʔa 		شَقَاءَ
šaqāʔa
Genitive شَقَاءٍ
šaqāʔin 		الشَّقَاءِ
aš-šaqāʔi 		شَقَاءِ
šaqāʔi

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: شقا (şaka), شاقه (şaka)
    • Turkish: şaka
    • → Crimean Tatar: şaqa
    • → Albanian: shaka
    • → Armenian: շախա (šaxa)
    • → Iraqi Arabic: شقة (šaqa)

See also

References

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