Arabic vocabulary
شَكْوَىcomplaint in Arabic
شَكْوَى is how you say “complaint” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
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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