شرع

1 شَرَعَتِ الدَّوَابٌّ فِى المَاآءِ ذ , (S, K,) aor. شَرَعَ , (S,) inf. n. شَرْعٌ and شُرُوعٌ, [the latter of which is the more common,] and ↓ مَشْرُوعٌ, (TA, [there said to be syn. with شُرُوعٌ, like as مَيْسُورٌ is with يُسْرٌ,]) The beasts entered into the water, (S, K, TA,) and drank of it: (TA:) and شَرَعَ, aor. as above, and so the inf. ns., he (one coming to water to drink) took the water with his mouth: (TA:) or شَرَعْتُ فِى المَاآءِ, inf. ns. as above, I drank the water with my hands: or I entered into the water: and شَرَعَ المَالُ the cattle came to the water to drink: (Msb:) and الدَّابَّةُ ↓ شَرَّعَتِ [if not a mistranscription for شُرِّعَت] the beast was, or became, at the watering-place. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] شَرَعَ فِى الأَمْرِ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. as above, (Msb,) inf. n. شُرُوعٌ, (S, Msb, K,) He entered into the affair; (S, K;) he entered upon, began, or commenced, the affair. (Msb.) ― -b3- شَرَعَ البَابُ اـِلَى الطَّرِيقِ, inf. n. شُرُوعٌ, The door, or entrance, communicated with the road. (Msb.) And شَرَعَ المَنْزِلُ The dwelling was upon, (S, K,) or had its door [ opening ] upon, (TA,) a road that was a thoroughfare. (S, K, TA.) ― -b4- شَرَعَ said of a spear, It pointed directly [towards a person: see an explanation of the trans. verb in what follows]. (S, K: but in the latter, شَرَعَت, said of spears.) See also شَرْعٌ. ― -b5- And, said of a road, (Mgh,) and of an affair, or a case, (TA,) It was, or became, apparent, manifest, or plain. (IAar, Mgh, TA.) -A2- شَرَعَ المَالَ, aor. as above, [inf. n., app., شَرْعٌ,] He brought the cattle to the watering-place; a also ↓ اشرعهُ: (Msb:) and the former is trans. in this sense by means of بِ: (Har p. 21:) or شَرَعَ (TA) and ↓ شرّع, inf. n. of the latter تَشْرِيعٌ, (S, TA,) he made the beasts, (S,) or his camels, (TA,) to enter into the water [ to drink ]: (S, TA: *) and نَاقَتَهُ ↓ اشرع he made his she-camel to enter into the watering-place: (TA:) or ↓ تَشْرِيعٌ signifies the bringing camels to the wateringplace to drink without requiring in doing so to draw with the pulley and its appertenances nor to give them to drink in a watering-trough or tank. (O, K.) It is said in a prov, (S,) أَهْوَنُ ↓ السَّقْىِ التَّشْرِيعُ (S, K) The easiest mode of watering is the making of the camels to enter into the water: applied to him who takes an easy way of performing an affair, and does not exert himself therein. (Meyd. [See Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 889.]) ― -b2- شَرَعَ البَابَ اـِلَى الطَّرِيقِ He made the door, or entrance, to communicate with the road: (Msb:) and الى الطريق ↓ اشرعهُ (S, Msb, K, TA) signifies the same; (Msb, TA;) or he opened it (i. e. the door, or entrance,) to the road. (S, Msb, K, TA.) And الجَنَاحَ اـِلَى الطَّرِيقِ ↓ اشرع He put the جناح [meaning projecting roof ] towards the road. (Msb.) ― -b3- And شَرَعَ (K) and ↓ اشرع (S, K, TA) and ↓ شرّع (TA) He directed (S, K, TA) a spear, (S, TA,) or spears, (K,) and a sword, (TA,) قِبَلَهَ (S) or نَحْوَهُ (TA) [i. e. towards him ]: or ↓ اشرع signifies he inclined a spear. (Msb.) ― -b4- And شَرَعَ, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) aor. as above, (Msb,) inf. n. شَرْعٌ, (TA,) He made apparent, manifest, or plain, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) a road; (Mgh, TA;) as also ↓ اشرع; and ↓ شرّع, inf. n. تَشْرِيعٌ: (K, TA:) and in like manner, an affair, or a case; and religion. (TA.) Accord. to Az, this meaning of شَرَعَ is from شَرَعَ الاـِهَابَ [which see in what follows]. (TA.) One says, شَرَعَ ا@للّٰهُ لَنَا كَذَا God made apparent, manifest, or plain, to us, such a thing. (Msb.) And شَرَعَ فُلَانٌ Such a one made apparent, manifest, or plain, the truth, or right. (TA.) ― -b5- And شَرَعَ لَهُمْ i. q. سَنَّ [i. e. He instituted, established, or prescribed, for them, or to them, a religious ordinance, a law, &c.]: (S, K) whence [accord. to some,] شَرِيعَةٌ and شِرْعَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b6- شَرَعَ الاـِهَابَ, (S, K,) aor. as above, inf. n. شَرْعٌ, (S,) He stripped off the hide: (S, K:) or, accord. to Yaakoob, as heard by him from Umm-El-Homáris El-Bekreeyeh, he slit the hide in the part between the two hind legs, (S, TA,) and then stripped it off: or he slit the hide, [ and then stripped it off, ] not making of it a زِقّ [q. v.], nor stripping it off [ entire ] by commencing from one hind leg. (TA.) ― -b7- شَرَعَ الحَبْلَ He loosed, or undid, the rope, or cord, or the slip-knot thereof, (أَنْشَطَهُ,) [ then, app., doubled it in the middle, to put that part round something to be carried,] and inserted its two halves (قُطْرَيْهِ) into the loop. (O, K.) ― -b8- And شَرَعَ الشَّىْءَ He raised, or elevated, the thing much; (K;) as also ↓ اشرعهُ. (TA.)