شك

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شك

  • /ʃakk/

verb شَكَّ · šakka · يَشُكُّ · شَكّ · شَاكّ

  1. to doubt, be doubtful, suspect
  2. to be scandalized
  3. to cause doubts or scruples
  4. to scandalize
  5. to pierce with a lance to the bones, pierce through
  6. to lean upon, lean against
  7. to stick together, clump together, adhere, cohere
  8. to halt, limp
  9. to arm oneself from head to foot
  10. to build the houses in one row

noun شَكّ · šakk · شُكُوك · الشَّكّ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of شَكَّ (šakka, “to doubt”) (form I)
  2. doubt, uncertainty, suspicion, scruple, scandal, hesitation لَا شَكَّ

    Similar: رَيْب

  3. obsolete small tear (something torn), small rent, small split

    Similar: نُشَارَة

  4. obsolete white arsenic, arsenic trioxide شك: هو التراب الهالك عند أهل العراق وهو سم الفار أيضاً، وعند أهل المغرب هو رهج الفار. وقال الرازي في خواصه: الشك شيء يؤتى به من بلاد خراسان من معادن الفضة وهو نوعان أبيض وأصفر إن جعل في عجين وطرح في بيت فأكل منه الفار مات ومات كل فارة تشم ريح ذلك الفار حتى يموت الكل أجمع وهو صحيح وقد وقفت عليه. الرا

In English

  • doubt to lack confidence in
  • suspicion act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {شك},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B4%D9%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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