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ساق
leg (especially the shin or lower leg) /ˈsaːq/
nounB1#1594 most common
Also: shin, stem or stalk (of a plant), table or chair leg
Example sentences
تؤلمني ساقي.
My leg hurts.
كسر اللاعب ساقه في المباراة.
The player broke his leg in the match.
تلتف القطة حول ساق الطاولة.
The cat curls around the table leg.
نمت ساق النبتة بسرعة في هذا الربيع.
The plant's stem grew quickly this spring.
شعر بألم حاد في ساقه اليمنى بعد الجري الطويل.
He felt a sharp pain in his right leg after the long run.
في القرآن عبارة «يوم يُكشف عن ساق» تشير إلى شدة ذلك اليوم.
In the Quran the phrase "the day when the leg is bared" points to the severity of that day.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَاقٌ | سِيقَانٌ |
| Genitive | سَاقٍ | سِيقَانٍ |
| Accusative | سَاقًا | سِيقَانًا |
| Vocative | يا سَاقُ | يا سِيقَانُ |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root for the lower leg. It is shared widely across the Semitic languages with the same body-part meaning. The sense later extended to the upright stem of a plant and to the leg of furniture.
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