شريعة

See also: سريعة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش ر ع (š-r-ʕ). 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))

1. (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

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2. (Islam) sharia, law

Declension

Declension of noun شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	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
	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 (şəriğət)
• → Esperanto: ŝario
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: шерѝјат

  Latin script: šerìjat

• → Turkish: şeriat

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “شريعة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], 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