شقوة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش ق و (š-q-w).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaq.wa/

Noun

شَقْوَة or شِقْوَة (šaqwa or šiqwa) f

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

References

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