How to say "shin, lower leg" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningshin, lower leg

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

سَاق

sāqסאק

ساق

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

שוק

shokشُوك

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

س-و-ق

Hebrew root

ש-ו-ק

Sāq is Biblical שוֹק 'leg, thigh' — the שוק of the priestly portions — with the regular س↔ש match and the classic ā→ō vowel shift of سلام/שלום. Israeli שוק 'market' is a pure coincidence: that word is the cousin of Arabic سوق sūq, a separate word that traveled in from Akkadian sūqu 'street'.

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In a phrase

عَظْم السَّاق

ʿaẓm as-sāqעט'ם א-סאק

the shinbone

Plural

سِيقَان

sīqānסיקאן

broken plural CīCān — like جار→جيران

More words from this root

driversāʾiqسَائِقנהג