Arabic

Verb

شَرَعَ • ‎(šaraʿa) I, non-past يَشْرَعُ‎ (yašraʿu)

1. to prescribe a road to walk upon or a law to follow, to lead, to give laws
2. to have an outlet into the street
3. to publish
4. to be open and distinct
5. to strip the skin
6. to lift very high

Conjugation

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شرع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Verb

شَرَعَ • ‎(šaraʿa) I, non-past يَشْرَعُ‎ (yašraʿu)

1. to go (into the water)
2. to engage in a business, to begin
3. to make ready for
4. to be straight
5. to stretch the neck

Conjugation

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شرع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Verb

شَرَّعَ • ‎(šarraʿa) II, non-past يُشَرِّعُ‎ (yušarriʿu)

1. to mark or show the way distinctly
2. to open a path
3. to lead the cattle to the most convenient watering place
4. to make clear
5. to lift up

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شرع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Noun

شَرْع • ‎(šarʿ) m

1. verbal noun of شَرَعَ ‎(šaraʿa) (form I)

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

شُرُع • ‎(šuruʿ) m pl

1. plural of شِرَاع ‎(širāʿ)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic شَرْع ‎(šarʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃæːɾ(ʔ)]

Noun

شرع • ‎(shar')

1. religious law

Related terms

• شرعی ‎(shar'i)