Arabic vocabulary
شَاقّstrenuous in Arabic
شَاقّ is how you say “strenuous” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
عمل شاق إِنَّمَا هُوَ عمل قلب
It is not strenuous work; rather, it is the work of the heart.
شَاقٌّ — strenuous. The describing-word trailing 'work' and matching its indefinite ending, as Arabic adjectives do. From a doubled root, it means 'wearying, back-breaking', the quality being denied of this inner labour.
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