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شَكْوَى complaint in Arabic

شَكْوَى is how you say “complaint” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فلما حضر قال للأعرابي ما شكواك؟

When he appeared, he asked the Bedouin: What is your complaint?

شَكْوَاكَ is your complaint

This is 'complaint' with the attached pronoun 'your' (male singular) on its end, the two forming a possessive, the complaint belonging to the addressee. There is no verb 'is'; the question word and this noun simply pair to mean 'what is your complaint'.

From Justice in the Field

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