# شقة
## Arabic

* Root
* ش ق ق (š q q)
* 15 terms

### Etymology 1.1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃaq.qa/, /ʃiq.qa/, /ʃuq.qa/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

شَقَّة • (šaqqa) f (plural شُقَق (šuqaq) or شَقَّات (šaqqāt))
شِقَّة • (šiqqa) f (plural شِقَق (šiqaq))
شُقَّة • (šuqqa) f (plural شُقَق (šuqaq))
* apartment, flat (domicile occupying part of a building)
** 2024 August 10, “تَشْيِيد 62 أَلْفَ شُقَّةٍ سَكَنِيَّةٍ .. الدَّارُ الْبَيْضَاءُ تَتَطَلَّعُ لِلْقَضَاءِ عَلَى "دُورِ الصَّفِيحِ"”, in Hespress‎, archived from the original on 2024-08-11:دَخَلَتْ سُلُطَاتُ ٱلْعَاصِمَةِ ٱلْاِقْتِصَادِيَّةِ مَرْحَلَةَ ٱلسُّرْعَةِ ٱلْقُصْوَى مِنْ أَجْلِ تَنْزِيلِ مَشْرُوعِ 62 أَلْفَ شُقَّةٍ سَكَنِيَّةٍ سَيَسْتَفِيدُ مِنْهَا قَاطِنُو دُورِ ٱلصَّفِيحِ بِٱلدَّارِ ٱلْبَيْضَاءِ وَٱلْمَنَاطِقِ ٱلْمُجَاوِرَةِ.daḵalat suluṭātu l-ʕāṣimati l-iqtiṣādiyyati marḥalata s-surʕati l-quṣwā min ʔajli tanzīli mašrūʕi 62 ʔalfa šuqqatin sakaniyyatin sayastafīdu minhā qāṭinū dūri ṣ-ṣafīḥi bi-d-dāri l-bayḍāʔi wal-manāṭiqi l-mujāwirati.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* compartment

##### Declension
### Etymology 1.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃiq.qa/

#### Noun

شِقَّة • (šiqqa) f (plural شِقَق (šiqaq) or شِقَاق (šiqāq))
* half, moiety
* piece
* piece of land, tract, zone
* splinter
* trouble, difficulty
* rift, split
* destination (of a journey)
* distance

##### Declension
### Etymology 1.3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃiq.qa/
* IPA: /ʃuq.qa/

#### Noun

شِقَّة or شُقَّة • (šiqqa or šuqqa) f (plural شُقَق (šuqaq))
* oblong piece of cloth (for wrapping a woman's body)

##### Declension
### Etymology 1.4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃuq.qa/

#### Noun

شُقَّة • (šuqqa) f (plural شُقَق (šuqaq))
* trouble, difficulty
* destination (of a journey)
* distance

##### Declension
### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “شق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic شَقَّة (šaqqa) or شِقَّة (šiqqa).

### Pronunciation

IPA: /ʃaʔ.ʔa/, [ʃæʔ.ʔæ]

### Noun

شقة • (šaʔʔa) f (plural شقق (šuʔaʔ, šiʔaʔ))
* apartment (domicile occupying part of a building)

## Hijazi Arabic

* Root
* ش ق ق
* 2 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic شِقَّة (šiqqa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃiɡ.ɡa/, /ʃuɡ.ɡa/

### Noun

شِقَّة or شُقَّة • (šigga or šugga) f (plural شِقَق (šigag) or شُقَق (šugag))
* apartment
* flat

## Iraqi Arabic
### Alternative forms

* شقا

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاقه, شقا (şaka, “fun, joke”)

### Pronunciation

IPA: /ʃaqa/

### Noun

شقة (šaqa) m
* joking

## Moroccan Arabic

* Root
* ش ق ق
* 1 term

### Etymology 1

From Arabic شِقَّة (šiqqa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃuq.qa/

#### Noun

شقة • (šuqqa) f (plural شقق (šuqaq) or شقات (šuqqāt))
* apartment, flat
    Synonym: برطمة (barṭma)
    شريت شقة غالية ولكن جات فبلاصة معتبرة فوسط المدينة.šrīt šuqqa ḡālya walākin jāt fe-blāṣa muʕtabara f-wasṭ le-mdīna.I bought an expensive flat but it is located in a very good spot in downtown.

### Etymology 2

From Arabic شَقَّة (šaqqa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃaq.qa/

#### Noun

شقة • (šaqqa) f (plural شقات (šaqqāt))
* fissure, hollow
    هاد الحيط فيه شقات بزاف خاص ينعاد من جديد.hād el-ḥayṭ fīh šaqqāt bizzāf ḵāṣṣ yinʕād min jdīd.This wall is full of holes, it needs to be redone.

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic شَقَّة (šaqqa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /ʃaʔ.ʔe/, [ˈʃaʔ.ʔa]
* IPA: (Urban) /ʃaʔ.ʔa/, [ˈʃaʔ.ʔa]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /ʃaɡ.ɡa/, [ˈʃaɡ.ɡa]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

شقّة • (šaʔʔa) f (plural شقق (šuʔaʔ))
* apartment, flat