Arabic

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Root
ش ق و (š q w)
3 terms

Pronunciation

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Noun

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شَقْوَة or شِقْوَة (šaqwa or šiqwaf

  1. misfortune; distress
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 23:106:
      قَالُوا رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا شِقْوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوْمًا ضَالِّينَ
      qālū rabbanā ḡalabat ʕalaynā šiqwatunā wakunnā qawman ḍāllīna
      And they said: Our Lord, our misery has taken us, and we have been a people astray.

Declension

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “شقو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN