Quranic root
شكس
sh · k · s
The supplied evidence centers on a harsh or ill-natured disposition that manifests in contentious, oppositional behavior.
The lexical pattern extends from being refractory or ill-natured to treating others harshly and disagreeing or contending reciprocally; the Quranic participle presents this as mutual quarrelling.
- Lane · entry 39044
- Lane · entry 39046
- Mufradāt · row 782
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
مُتَشَاكِسٌ
mutashākisun
- Part of speech
- Active participle
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Mutually contentious, disagreeing, or quarreling, and behaving toward one another harshly because of ill nature.
Plural active participle in the reciprocal Form VI pattern; in the Quranic construction, the parties are characterized by mutual dispute and harsh conduct.
- Lane · entry 39052
- Mufradāt · row 782
Selected Quran examples
Quran 39:29word 7
“quarreling”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 39:29مُتَشَـٰكِسُونَquarreling
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 7 Classical meanings
شَكِسَ / شَكُسَ
To be refractory, untractable, perverse, stubborn, or obstinate in disposition; to be hard or ill-natured in behavior or dealings.
Form I verb; the vocalic variant شَكُسَ is also reported.
- Lane · entry 39044
شَاكَسَ
To treat or behave toward someone with hardness, harshness, or ill nature.
Transitive Form III construction.
- Lane · entry 39045
تَشَاكَسَ
To treat one another harshly or contentiously; to disagree or oppose one another, including in buying and selling; figuratively, of night and day, to stand opposed or alternate.
Reciprocal Form VI construction; the night-and-day usage is explicitly figurative.
- Lane · entry 39046
مَحَلَّةٌ شَكْسٌ
A narrow or confined place of alighting or abode.
A figurative or extended nominal expression.
- Lane · entry 39047
الشَّكْسُ
The day or two before the new moon; the interval called المُحَاقُ.
A calendrical or astronomical noun.
- Lane · entry 39047
شَكِسٌ
Refractory, untractable, perverse, stubborn, obstinate, hard in disposition, or ill-natured.
An adjective or epithet; the plural شُكْسٌ is reported, along with vocalic variants.
- Lane · entry 39050
شَكِسٌ
Niggardly, tenacious, or avaricious.
An explicitly marked figurative extension of the adjective.
- Lane · entry 39050
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The supplied Quran occurrence is the plural active participle مُتَشَاكِسُونَ; the public headword is normalized to the singular citation form مُتَشَاكِسٌ.
The modern example location 39:29:7 is taken from the independent QAC occurrence data, not inferred from Lane's printed Quran citation.