Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

شَاكٍ

Root: شكو

Full Definition

شَاكٍ : see شَكِىٌّ, in two places.

def.2 In the phrase رَجُلٌ شَاكِى السِّلَاحِ, which means A man whose weapon is sharp, or whose weapons are sharp, Akh says that شاكى is formed by transposition from شَائِك [q. v. in art. شوك]: and accord. to AZ, one says also شَاكٍ فِى السِّلاحِ. (TA in art. شوك.)
2 And الشَّاكِى [is app. formed in like manner from الشَّائِكُ, and] signifies The lion.


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