شَائِكٌ

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شَائِكٌ and شَوِكٌ and شَاكٌ Trees having thorns; and شَجَرَةٌ a tree having thorns: [or thorny; having many thorns; for] شَجَرَةٌ signifies a thorny tree, or a tree having many thorns, accord. to ISk; as also شجرة [in the CK شَوْكَةٌ] and شَائِكَةٌ and . And أَرْضٌ A thorny land, or a land in which are many thorns: and [in like manner] أَرْضٌ a thorny land, or a land abounding with thorns; a land in which are the [thorny trees called] سِحَآء and قَتَاد and هَرَاس.
2 شَائِكُ السِّلَاحِ and السلاحِ, with refa to the ك, [in the CK, erroneously, شاكِ,] and السلاحِ, which is of the dial. of El-Yemen, and السلاحِ, this last formed by transposition from the first, or, as Fr says, شَاكِى السلاحِ and شَاكُ السلاحِ are like جُرُفْ هَارٍ and هَارٌ, A man who exhibits his شَوْكَة [i. e. vehemence of might or strength, or of valour or prowess, &c.], and his sharpness: or a man whose weapon is sharp, or whose weapons are sharp: or السلاحِ, as some explain it, a man whose spear-head and arrow-head and the like are sharp: [or all may be rendered bristling with arms:] and accord. to AZ, one says شَاكٍ فِى السِّلَاحِ and شَائِكٌ.

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