شوك

See also: سوگ

Arabic

Root
ش و ك (š w k)
3 terms

Etymology

Compare Hebrew שֵׂךְ (“thorn, prickle”).

Noun

شَوْك • (šawk) m (collective, singulative شَوْكَة f (šawka), plural أَشْوَاك (ʔašwāk))

thorns, prickles, spines
- 1934, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, To the Tyrants of the World:
  و من يبذر الشوك يجن الجراح
  For he who sows the thorns reaps the wounds
thistles

Declension

Declension of noun **شَوْك** (šawk)
collective	basic collective triptote
collective	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شَوْك šawk	الشَّوْك aš-šawk	شَوْك šawk
nominative	شَوْكٌ šawkun	الشَّوْكُ aš-šawku	شَوْكُ šawku
accusative	شَوْكًا šawkan	الشَّوْكَ aš-šawka	شَوْكَ šawka
genitive	شَوْكٍ šawkin	الشَّوْكِ aš-šawki	شَوْكِ šawki
singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
singulative	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شَوْكَة šawka	الشَّوْكَة aš-šawka	شَوْكَة šawkat
nominative	شَوْكَةٌ šawkatun	الشَّوْكَةُ aš-šawkatu	شَوْكَةُ šawkatu
accusative	شَوْكَةً šawkatan	الشَّوْكَةَ aš-šawkata	شَوْكَةَ šawkata
genitive	شَوْكَةٍ šawkatin	الشَّوْكَةِ aš-šawkati	شَوْكَةِ šawkati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شَوْكَتَيْن šawkatayn	الشَّوْكَتَيْن aš-šawkatayn	شَوْكَتَيْ šawkatay
nominative	شَوْكَتَانِ šawkatāni	الشَّوْكَتَانِ aš-šawkatāni	شَوْكَتَا šawkatā
accusative	شَوْكَتَيْنِ šawkatayni	الشَّوْكَتَيْنِ aš-šawkatayni	شَوْكَتَيْ šawkatay
genitive	شَوْكَتَيْنِ šawkatayni	الشَّوْكَتَيْنِ aš-šawkatayni	شَوْكَتَيْ šawkatay
paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
paucal (3-10)	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شَوْكَات šawkāt	الشَّوْكَات aš-šawkāt	شَوْكَات šawkāt
nominative	شَوْكَاتٌ šawkātun	الشَّوْكَاتُ aš-šawkātu	شَوْكَاتُ šawkātu
accusative	شَوْكَاتٍ šawkātin	الشَّوْكَاتِ aš-šawkāti	شَوْكَاتِ šawkāti
genitive	شَوْكَاتٍ šawkātin	الشَّوْكَاتِ aš-šawkāti	شَوْكَاتِ šawkāti
plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
plural of variety	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَشْوَاك ʔašwāk	الْأَشْوَاك al-ʔašwāk	أَشْوَاك ʔašwāk
nominative	أَشْوَاكٌ ʔašwākun	الْأَشْوَاكُ al-ʔašwāku	أَشْوَاكُ ʔašwāku
accusative	أَشْوَاكًا ʔašwākan	الْأَشْوَاكَ al-ʔašwāka	أَشْوَاكَ ʔašwāka
genitive	أَشْوَاكٍ ʔašwākin	الْأَشْوَاكِ al-ʔašwāki	أَشْوَاكِ ʔašwāki

Descendants

→ Persian: شوک (šok)

References

Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “شوك”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “شوك”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ش و ك
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic شَوْك (šawk).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃoːk/, [ʃo̞ːk]

Noun

شوك • (šōk) m (collective, singulative شوكة f (šōka), plural أشواك (ʔašwāk))

thorns, prickles, spines

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شَوْك (šawk).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃoːk/, [ʃoːk]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

شوك • (šōk) m (collective, singulative شوكة f (šōke))