Arabic - English Dictionary سِواك
Root: س و ك
ج أسْوِكة (لغير المصدر) وسُوك (لغير المصدر) :
🇬🇧 Translation:
Plural: aswikah (other than the verbal noun) and suk (other than the verbal noun) :
مصدر ساكَ.
🇬🇧 Translation:
Verbal noun of saka (Miswak use).
عُودٌ يُؤخذ من شجر الأراك ونحوه، تنظَّف به الأسنان
🇬🇧 Translation:
A stick taken from the arak tree and the like, used to clean the teeth (Miswak/Tooth-stick).
Example / Citation:
" لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي، أَوْ عَلَى النَّاسِ، لأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ مَعَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ [حديث] "
🇬🇧 Translation:
" lawla an ashuqqa 'ala ummati, aw 'ala an-nasi, la'amartuhum bis-siwaki ma'a kulli salatin [hadith] (Were it not that I might overburden my nation, or the people, I would have ordered them to use the miswak with every prayer [Hadith]) "