[1]
شَكَا , (K,) first pers. شَكَوْتُ, (S, Msb,) of
which شَكَيْتُ is a dial. var., (K in art. شكى,)
aor.
1َ2ُ3َ , (S, Msb,) [and of the latter
1َ2ِ3َ ,] inf. n.
شَكْوٌ, (S, Msb,) or شَكْوَى, (K,) or this is a simple
subst., (S, Msb,) also pronounced شَكْوًى, (K,)
and شِكَايَةٌ, (S, K,) with kesr, (K,) 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, (TA,) or this also is a simple subst.,
(Msb,) and شَكَاةٌ, (S, K,) or this too is a simple
subst., (Msb,) and شَكَاوَةٌ, (K,) and شَكِيَّةٌ, (S, K,)
is a trans. verb; (S, Msb, K;) and ↓ اشتكى signifies the same; (S, K;) as also ↓ تشكّى: (K:)
one says, شَكَا أَمْرَهُ إِلَى ٱللّٰهِ and ↓ اشتكى [i. e.
اشتكى أَمْرَهُ], and ↓ تشكّى [i. e. تشكّى أَمْرَهُ], (K,
TA,) meaning [He complained of his case to
God; or] he told to God the weakness of his
condition: (TA:) and شَكَوْتُ فُلَانًا and ↓ اِشْتَكَيْتُهُ
[I complained to such a one of his conduct to
me]; (S;) [or] شَكَا فُلَانًا means he told such a one
of his evil conduct to him: (TA:) and شَكَا فُلَانًا
إِلَى فُلَانٍ He complained of such a one to such a
one: (MA:) [and شَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ كَذَا I complained
to him of such a thing:] see 4: and [in like manner] اشتكى ↓ إِلَيْهِ كَذَا He complained to him of
such a thing: (MA:) and اِشْتَكَيْتُ ↓ مِنْهُ [I complained of him, or it; like شَكَوْتُهُ]: (Msb:) 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], وَتَشْتَكِى ↓ 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. ”
(TA.) ―
2-b2- 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. (TA.) ―
2-b3- And
شَكَاهُ, (MA, K, TA,) inf. n. شَكْوٌ and شَكَاةٌ and
شَكْوَى, (MA, TA,) is said in relation to a disease,
or sickness; (MA, K, TA;) meaning He (a
diseased, or sick, person) complained of it, namely,
his disease, or sickness; (MA; [accord. to the
TK, followed in this case, as in many others, by
Freytag, it means it (i. e. disease, or sickness,)
afflicted him; which I think to be indubitably a
mistake;]) and ↓ تشكّى and ↓ اشتكى signify the
same [as شَكَا مَرَضَهُ he complained of his disease,
or sickness]: (TA:) [or] these two verbs (تشكّى
and اشتكى) signify [or signify also] he was, or
became, diseased, or sick. (TA in additions at
the end of this art.) One says also, ↓ اشتكى
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]: (S:) [thus one often says of a brute;
for ex.,] As says, in explaining القُلَابُ as meaning
“ a certain disease that attacks the camel, ”
يَشْتَكِى ↓ 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.) ―
2-b4- 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. ” (TA.) ＝
1-A2- 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. (TA.)