شائك

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle from the verb شَاكَ‎ (šāka), from the root ش و ك‎ (š-w-k).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.ʔik/

Adjective

شَائِك • (šāʾik) (feminine شَائِكَة‎ (šāʾika), masculine plural شَائِكُون‎ (šāʾikūn), feminine plural شَائِكَات‎ (šāʾikāt))

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

Declension

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