شَكَا

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شَكَاI , first pers. شَكَوْتُ, of which شَكَيْتُ is a dial. var., (K in art. شكى,) Present.T شَكُوَ [and of the latter شَكِوَ ] Verbal.Noun شَكْوٌ, or شَكْوَى, or this is a simple subst., also pronounced شَكْوًى, and شِكَايَةٌ, with kesr, in which the ى is [said to be] substituted for و because most inf. ns. of the measure فِعَالَةٌ of verbs ending with an infirm radical letter are of verbs of which that letter is ى, or this also is a simple subst., and شَكَاةٌ, or this too is a simple subst., and شَكَاوَةٌ, and شَكِيَّةٌ, is a trans. verb; and signifies the same; as also تشكّى : one says, شَكَا أَمْرَهُ إِلَى ٱللّٰهِ and [i. e. اشتكى أَمْرَهُ], and تشكّى [i. e. تشكّى أَمْرَهُ], meaning [He complained of his case to God; or] he told to God the weakness of his condition: and شَكَوْتُ فُلَانًا and [I complained to such a one of his conduct to me]; [or] شَكَا فُلَانًا means he told such a one of his evil conduct to him: and شَكَا فُلَانًا إِلَى فُلَانٍ He complained of such a one to such a one: [and شَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ كَذَا I complained to him of such a thing:] see 4: and [in like manner] إِلَيْهِ كَذَا He complained to him of such a thing: and مِنْهُ [I complained of him, or it; like شَكَوْتُهُ]: Er-Rághib says, الشِكَايَةُ is The showing, or revealing, of grief, or sorrow; whence the saying in the Kur [xii. 86], إِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّى وَحُزْنِى إِلَى ٱللّٰهِ [I only show my grief and my lamentation to God]; and in the same [lviii. 1], إِلَى ٱللّٰهِ [And showeth her grief, or sorrow, to God]; the primary signification of الشَّكْوُ being the opening of the small skin for water or milk called شَكْوَة, and showing what is in it; so that it is as though originally metaphorical [though what is termed حَقِيقَةٌ عُرْفِيَّةٌ (expl. in art. حق)]; like the phrases بَثَثْتُ لَهُ مَا فِى وِعَائِى and نَفَضْتُ لَهُ مَا فِى جِرَابِى, meaning “ I showed him what was in my heart. ”
2 شَكَا is also said of a camel as meaning He stretched out his neck, and made much moaning, or prolonged utterance of a complaining voice, being fatigued by journeying.
3 And شَكَاهُ, Verbal.Noun شَكْوٌ and شَكَاةٌ and شَكْوَى, is said in relation to a disease, or sickness; meaning He complained of it, namely, his disease, or sickness; afflicted him; which I think to be indubitably a mistake;]) and تشكّى and signify the same [as شَكَا مَرَضَهُ he complained of his disease, or sickness]: [or] these two verbs (تشكّى and اشتكى) signify [or signify also] he was, or became, diseased, or sick. One says also, عُضْوًا مِنْ أَعْضَائِهِ and تشكّى , both meaning the same [i. e., originally, He complained of a pain, or disease, in some one of his members; but generally meaning he had a complaint of, or a pain or a disease in, some one of his members; and شَكَا عُضْوًا not unfrequently occurs used in the same sense]: [thus one often says of a brute; for ex.,] As says, in explaining القُلَابُ as meaning “ a certain disease that attacks the camel, ” مِنْهُ قَلْبَهُ [he has a pain in consequence thereof in his heart; in which قَلْبَهُ, though determinate, may be considered as an explicative, like بَطْنَهُ in the phrase أَلِمَ بَطْنَهُ, q. v.]. (S in art. قلب.)
4 One says also, هُوَ يُشْكَى بِكَذَا, meaning He is accused, or suspected, of such a thing; syn. يُتَّهَمُ بِهِ: (K: [there mentioned as though it were from أُشْكِىَ, and held to be so by the author of the TK; but it is from شُكِىَ; as though meaning he is complained of by reason of such a thing:]) mentioned by Yaakoob, in the “ Alfádh. ”

def.2 شكى فُلَانٌ [thus in my original, app. شَكَا or شَكَى,] is mentioned by Az as meaning The nails of such a one became split in several, or many, places.

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