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شَكْوَى
complaint /ˈʃak.waː/
nounB1#2608 most common
Also: grievance, plea
Example sentences
عِنْدِي شَكْوَى.
I have a complaint.
قَدَّمَ الرَّجُلُ شَكْوَى إِلَى الشُّرْطَةِ.
The man filed a complaint with the police.
كَتَبَتْ شَكْوَى رَسْمِيَّةً ضِدَّ الشَّرِكَةِ.
She wrote a formal complaint against the company.
تَلَقَّى المَكْتَبُ عِدَّةَ شَكَاوَى مِنَ الزَّبَائِنِ هٰذَا الشَّهْرَ.
The office received several complaints from customers this month.
رُفِعَتِ الشَّكْوَى إِلَى المَحْكَمَةِ العُلْيَا بَعْدَ رَفْضِ التَّحْقِيقِ الأَوَّلِيِّ.
The complaint was brought to the supreme court after the initial investigation was dismissed.
لَمْ تَجِدْ شَكْوَاهُ آذَانًا صَاغِيَةً رَغْمَ تَكْرَارِهَا عَلَى مَدَى سَنَوَاتٍ.
His complaint found no listening ears despite being repeated for years.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شَكْوَى | شَكَاوَى |
| Genitive | شَكْوَى | شَكَاوَى |
| Accusative | شَكْوَى | شَكَاوَى |
| Vocative | يَا شَكْوَى | يَا شَكَاوَى |
Word family
شَكَاto complain
اِشْتَكَىto complain, file a complaint
شَاكٍcomplainant, one who complains
مُشْتَكٍplaintiff, complainant (legal)
تَشَكٍّgrumbling, repeated complaining
Etymology
Shakwā comes from the Arabic root sh-k-w (ش-ك-و), which carries the sense of complaining or voicing grief. It is the verbal noun of the verb shakā, 'he complained,' built on the fa'lā pattern that often forms abstract nouns in Arabic. The word appears already in classical texts, including the Quran, in the sense of a plea or complaint brought before someone.
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