شريعة

See also: سريعة‎

Arabic

Root
ش ر ع‎ (š-r-ʕ)

Etymology

Compare Ge'ez ሥርዐት (śərʿät), Sabaean 𐩦𐩧𐩲‎ (s²rʿ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃa.riː.ʕa/
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Noun

شَرِيعَة • (šarīʕa) f, plural شَرَائِع‎ (šarāʔiʕ)

(obsolete) way, path
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 45:18:
  
  ‏ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاكَ عَلَى شَرِيعَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ فَٱتَّبِعْهَا وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ‎
  ṯumma jaʕalnāka ʕalā šarīʕatin mmina l-ʔamri fattabiʕhā walā tattabiʕ ʔahwāʔa llaḏīna lā yaʕlamūna
  "And now have We set thee on a clear road of commandment; so follow it, and follow not the whims of those who know not." (Surah al-Jathiya, Āyah 18, translated by Marmaduke Pickthall)
law and legislation
(Islam) sharia, law

Declension

Declension of noun شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَرِيعَة šarīʕa	الشَّرِيعَة‎ aš-šarīʕa	شَرِيعَة šarīʕat
Nominative	شَرِيعَةٌ šarīʕatun	الشَّرِيعَةُ‎ aš-šarīʕatu	شَرِيعَةُ šarīʕatu
Accusative	شَرِيعَةً šarīʕatan	الشَّرِيعَةَ‎ aš-šarīʕata	شَرِيعَةَ šarīʕata
Genitive	شَرِيعَةٍ šarīʕatin	الشَّرِيعَةِ‎ aš-šarīʕati	شَرِيعَةِ šarīʕati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَرِيعَتَيْن‎ šarīʕatayn	الشَّرِيعَتَيْن‎ aš-šarīʕatayn	شَرِيعَتَيْ‎ šarīʕatay
Nominative	شَرِيعَتَانِ‎ šarīʕatāni	الشَّرِيعَتَانِ‎ aš-šarīʕatāni	شَرِيعَتَا‎ šarīʕatā
Accusative	شَرِيعَتَيْنِ‎ šarīʕatayni	الشَّرِيعَتَيْنِ‎ aš-šarīʕatayni	شَرِيعَتَيْ‎ šarīʕatay
Genitive	شَرِيعَتَيْنِ‎ šarīʕatayni	الشَّرِيعَتَيْنِ‎ aš-šarīʕatayni	شَرِيعَتَيْ‎ šarīʕatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَرَائِع‎ šarāʔiʕ	الشَّرَائِع‎ aš-šarāʔiʕ	شَرَائِع‎ šarāʔiʕ
Nominative	شَرَائِعُ‎ šarāʔiʕu	الشَّرَائِعُ‎ aš-šarāʔiʕu	شَرَائِعُ‎ šarāʔiʕu
Accusative	شَرَائِعَ‎ šarāʔiʕa	الشَّرَائِعَ‎ aš-šarāʔiʕa	شَرَائِعَ‎ šarāʔiʕa
Genitive	شَرَائِعَ‎ šarāʔiʕa	الشَّرَائِعِ‎ aš-šarāʔiʕi	شَرَائِعِ‎ šarāʔiʕi

Descendants

→ Bashkir: шәриғәт (şäriğät)
→ Esperanto: ŝario
→ Rohingya: córiyót
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шерѝјат

Latin: šerìjat
→ Tausug: sariat
→ Turkish: şeriat
→ Swahili: sheria

References

Lane, Edward William (1863), “شريعة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1535
Wehr, Hans (1979), “شرع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 544

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