شوك

See also: سوگ

Arabic

Root
ش و ك (š-w-k)

Etymology

Compare Hebrew שֵׂך (“thorn, prickle”).

Noun

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

1. 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

2. thistles

Declension

Declension of noun شَوْك (šawk)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	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)
	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
	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
	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) “شوك”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “شوك”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شَوْك (šawk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃoːk/, [ʃoːk]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

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

1. thorns
2. fishbones