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شَكَّل
to form, to shape /ˈʃak.ka.la/
verbB1#1987 most common
Also: to constitute, to make up, to mold or fashion, to add diacritical marks to Arabic text
Example sentences
شَكَّلَ الوَلَدُ كُرَةً مِنَ الطِّينِ.
The boy formed a ball out of clay.
شَكَّلْنا فَريقاً جَديداً في المَدرَسةِ.
We formed a new team at school.
شَكَّلَتِ الحُكومةُ لَجنةً لِدِراسةِ المُشكِلةِ.
The government formed a committee to study the problem.
تُشَكِّلُ النِّساءُ نِصفَ سُكّانِ البَلَدِ.
Women make up half of the country's population.
شَكَّلَ الرَّئيسُ المُكَلَّفُ حُكومةً ائتِلافِيّةً بَعدَ مُفاوَضاتٍ طَويلةٍ.
The prime minister-designate formed a coalition government after long negotiations.
شَكَّلَتْ هٰذِهِ الأحداثُ مُنعَطَفاً حاسِماً في تاريخِ المِنطَقةِ.
These events constituted a decisive turning point in the region's history.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُشَكِّلُ | شَكَّلْتُ | سَأُشَكِّلُ |
| 2sg | تُشَكِّلُ | شَكَّلْتَ | سَتُشَكِّلُ |
| 3sg | يُشَكِّلُ | شَكَّلَ | سَيُشَكِّلُ |
| 1pl | نُشَكِّلُ | شَكَّلْنا | سَنُشَكِّلُ |
| 2pl | تُشَكِّلونَ | شَكَّلْتُم | سَتُشَكِّلونَ |
| 3pl | يُشَكِّلونَ | شَكَّلوا | سَيُشَكِّلونَ |
Word family
شَكْلform, shape
تَشْكيلformation, configuration; the marking of vowels on a text
تَشَكَّلَto take shape, to be formed
مُشَكِّلone that forms, a shaping factor
شَكْلِيّformal, pertaining to form
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root ش-ك-ل (sh-k-l), which carries the idea of form, shape, and likeness. شَكَّل is the Form II (faʿʿala) derivation, which gives a causative or factitive sense: to give something a shape. The related noun شَكْل means form or shape.
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