Learn Arabic › B1 › شَقِيق
شَقِيق
full brother /ʃaˈqiːq/
nounB1#1779 most common
Also: sibling (of the same parents), fraternal (as in sister nations)
Example sentences
هَذا شَقيقي.
This is my brother.
شَقيقي يَدْرُسُ في الجامِعَة.
My brother studies at the university.
أُحِبُّ شَقيقي كَثيراً وَأَثِقُ بِهِ في كُلِّ شَيْء.
I love my brother very much and trust him in everything.
زارَني شَقيقي الأَكْبَرُ في نِهايَةِ الأُسْبوعِ الماضي.
My older brother visited me last weekend.
يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ الأَشِقّاءِ رابِطُ دَمٍ لا يَنْفَصِم.
A bond of blood that cannot be broken unites full brothers.
رَغْمَ الخِلافاتِ الطَّويلَةِ، ظَلَّ يُعامِلُ شَقيقَهُ بِوَفاءٍ مُنْقَطِعِ النَّظير.
Despite the long disputes, he kept treating his brother with unmatched loyalty.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شَقيقٌ | أَشِقّاءُ |
| Genitive | شَقيقٍ | أَشِقّاءَ |
| Accusative | شَقيقاً | أَشِقّاءَ |
| Vocative | يا شَقيقُ | يا أَشِقّاءُ |
Word family
شَقَّto split, cleave
شِقّhalf, sideشَقيقةfull sister
أَشِقّاءfull brothers (plural)
انْشِقاقsplit, schism, defection
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ش-ق-ق, meaning to split or cleave. A شَقيق is one split from the same source, that is, a brother who shares both parents. The same root yields words for a half, a side, and a schism. In political and media Arabic the adjective form describes fraternal ties between nations.
Learn Arabic the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free