شرع

شِرْعٌ ذ [in the CK, erroneously, شَرْع,] The like of a thing; as also ↓ شِرْعَةٌ: (K, TA:) [but the former is masc. and ↓ the latter is fem.; for] one says, هٰذَا شِرْعُ هٰذَا This is the like of this; and so هٰذِهِ هٰذِهِ ↓ شِرْعَةُ: and هٰذَانِ شِرْعَانِ these two are likes. (S, O, TA.) [The pls., or rather coll. gen. ns. and pls., following this meaning in the K belong to شِرْعَةٌ and شَرْعَةٌ in another sense; as is shown by exs. in the O and TA.] -A2- Also The chords of the بَرْبَط, (O, K, TA,) which is the [ Persian ] عُود [or lute ]. (TA.) [In this sense, a coll. gen. n.:] see its n. un. شِرْعَةٌ. ― -b2- And hence, as being likened thereto, (TA,) (tropical:) The [ thong called ] شِرَاك of a sandal. (O, K, TA.) It is related in a trad. that a man said, اـِنِّى أُحِبُّ الجَمَالَ حَتَّى فِى شِرْعِ نَعْلِى (O, TA) i. e. (tropical:) [ Verily I love elegance, even ] in the شراك of my sandal. (TA.)