difficult

4 occurrences across 1 Arabic/Persian root

ش- ك- ل

(sh-k-l) — difficult; formation, constitution; difficult, problem

“difficult” accounts for 4 of 11 occurrences of this root (36%)

Forms seen

مشکل ×3 مشکله ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

difficult 36% intricacy 18% mystery 9% must be instituted 9% likeness 9% elected 9% abstruse 9%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: مشکل: difficult gleaningsGWB §404: مشکل: difficult will-and-testamentW&T §25: مشکله: difficult gleaningsGWB §602: مشکل: difficult

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots: