شريعة

See also: سريعة

Arabic

Root
ش ر ع (š r ʕ)
13 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃa.riː.ʕa/

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 mina 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

→ Azerbaijani: şəriət
→ Bashkir: шәриғәт (şəriğət)
→ Chagatai: شریعت
- Uyghur: شەرىئەت (sheri'et)
- Uzbek: shariat
→ English: shari'a
→ Esperanto: ŝario
→ French: charia
→ German: Scharia
→ Italian: shari'a
→ Kazakh: шариғат (şariğat)
→ Maguindanao: seriat
→ Malay: syariat
- Indonesian: syariat
- → Tausug: sariat
→ Ottoman Turkish: شریعت (şeriat)
- Turkish: şeriat
- → Albanian: sheriat
- → Bulgarian: шериат (šeriat)
- → English: sheriat
- → French: chériat
- → German: Scheriat
- → Italian: sceriat
- → Macedonian: шеријат (šerijat)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic script: шерѝјат
  - Latin script: šerìjat
→ Pashto: شريعت
→ Persian: شریعت (šari'at)
- → Bengali: শরিয়ত (śoriẏot)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: शरियत (śariyat)
  Urdu: شَرِیعَت (śarī'at)
  - → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਰੀਅਤ (śarīata)
    Shahmukhi script: شَرِیعَت (śarīʻat)
- → Rohingya: córiyót
- → Sindhi: شريعت
→ Swahili: sheria
→ Tatar: шәригать (şärigat’)
→ Turkmen: şerigat

References

Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “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