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الشرط

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of imposing a condition, obligation, or stipulation. It extends to marking, identifying, and designating something, often for a specific purpose like sale or readiness. It also encompasses related ideas like signs, beginnings, and specific groups of people or celestial bodies.

Derived headwords

الشَّرْطnoun
  1. 1.
    Stipulationboth

    The act of imposing an obligation or commitment, especially in a contract of sale or similar transaction.

  2. 2.
    Conditionboth

    A requirement or prerequisite that must be met.

  3. 3.
    Elite groupclassical

    The first unit of soldiers to face battle, prepared for death, or a group of officials assisting the ruler.

شَرَطَverb
  1. 1.
    To stipulateboth

    To impose a condition or requirement on someone.

  2. 2.
    To markclassical

    To make a mark or sign on something.

  3. 3.
    To fall intoclassical

    To fall into a great matter or predicament.

شُرُوطnoun
  1. 1.
    Conditionsboth

    Plural of 'shart', referring to stipulations or requirements.

شَرَطَverb
  1. 1.
    To inciseclassical

    To make an incision or cut, as a cupper does.

يَشْرُطُverb
  1. 1.
    He incisesclassical

    Present tense of the verb 'sharata', referring to making an incision.

أَشْرَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    Lowly peopleclassical

    Plural of 'shart', referring to the base, ignoble, or lowly people.

  2. 2.
    Signsboth

    Plural of 'shart', referring to a mark or sign.

  3. 3.
    Small streamsclassical

    Plural of 'shart', referring to small watercourses or channels.

  4. 4.
    Beginningsclassical

    Plural of 'shart', referring to the beginnings or first parts of something.

  5. 5.
    Inferior wealthclassical

    Plural of 'shart', referring to the lesser or inferior part of wealth.

الأَشْرَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    The Signs (stars)classical

    A name for two stars in Aries, their horns, and a small star to the north of them, sometimes counted as three stars forming a constellation.

الشَّرَطَانnoun
  1. 1.
    The two horns (stars)classical

    Two stars in Aries, considered part of the constellation known as 'Al-Ashrat'.

أَشْرَطَverb
  1. 1.
    To mark for saleclassical

    To mark one's camels to indicate they are for sale.

  2. 2.
    To prepareclassical

    To prepare something for sale, or to hasten a messenger.

  3. 3.
    To make knownclassical

    To make something known or ready for a purpose.

الشُّرْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Stipulated itemclassical

    That which has been stipulated or agreed upon; 'take your stipulated item'.

  2. 2.
    Elite soldiersclassical

    The first unit of soldiers to witness war and prepare for death.

  3. 3.
    Police forceclassical

    A group of assistants to the ruler, also called 'shurṭī' (policeman), named because they marked themselves with identifying signs.

شَرِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    Woven stripclassical

    A twisted palm leaf used for weaving mats or reinforcing furniture.

  2. 2.
    Pouchclassical

    A container where a woman keeps her perfumes, or a general pouch or bag.

  3. 3.
    Cityclassical

    A place name in Al-Jazira Al-Khadra' in Andalusia.

شَرِيطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Slit earclassical

    A camel with a slit ear, or a sheep with a slight mark in its throat like that made by cupping, without severing the jugular vein.

شُرَيْطnoun
  1. 1.
    Father of Nabītclassical

    The name of a person, the father of Nabīt.

شَبُّورnoun
  1. 1.
    Mountainclassical

    The name of a mountain.

شُرْوَاطadjective
  1. 1.
    Tallclassical

    Describing someone or something as tall.

  2. 2.
    Fast camelclassical

    Describing a camel as fast.

المِشْرَطnoun
  1. 1.
    Scalpelmodern

    A surgical knife or lancet.

المِشْرَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    Scalpelclassical

    A surgical knife or lancet.

مَشَارِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    Beginningsclassical

    The beginnings or initial parts of something.

مِشْرَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    Beginningclassical

    The beginning or initial part of something.

ذو الشَّرْطname
  1. 1.
    Dhu al-Shartclassical

    A proper name, referring to 'Addi ibn Jabalah', who stipulated that no one should be buried until he designated the grave site.

اشْتَرَطَverb
  1. 1.
    To stipulateboth

    To impose a condition or stipulation on someone.

تَشَرَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    To be meticulousclassical

    To be meticulous or careful in one's work.

اسْتَشْرَطَverb
  1. 1.
    To spoilclassical

    For wealth or property to spoil or become corrupt after being sound.

شارَطَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To stipulate mutuallyclassical

    For each of two parties to stipulate a condition against the other.

Parallel reading

إلزام الشيء، والتزامه في البيع ونحوه، كالشريطة
Imposing something, and committing to it in a sale and the like, like a stipulation.
وفي المثل: "الشرط أملك، عليك أم لك"
And in the proverb: 'The stipulation is more controlling, whether against you or for you.'
وبزغ الحجام، يشرط ويشرط فيهما
And the cupper incised, he incises and makes incisions in them.
والدون اللئيم السافل ج: أشراط
And the base, ignoble, lowly person, plural: ashraat.
وبالتحريك: العلامة ج: أشراط
And with vowelization: the sign, plural: ashraat.
وكل مسيل صغير يجيء من قدر عشر أذرع
And every small stream that comes to about ten cubits.
وأول الشيء، ورذال المال، وصغارها
And the beginning of a thing, and the inferior part of wealth, and its lesser parts.
والأشراف: أشراط أيضا، ضد.
And the nobles: ashraat also, the opposite.
والشرطان، محركة: نجمان من الحمل، وهما قرناه
And al-Sharaṭān, vocalized: two stars from Aries, and they are its horns.
ومنهم من يعده معهما، فيقول: هذا المنزل ثلاثة كواكب، ويسميها الأشراط.
And some of them count it with them, saying: this station is three stars, and they call them al-Ashraat.
وأشرط إبله: أعلم أنها للبيع
And he marked his camels: he made them known that they were for sale.
ومن إبله: أعد شيئا للبيع
And from his camels: he prepared something for sale.
و الرسول: أعجله
And the messenger: he hastened him.
و نفسه لكذا: أعلمها، وأعدها.
And himself for such-and-such: he made him known, and prepared him.
والشرطة، بالضم: ما اشترطت، يقال: خذ شرطتك
And al-Shurṭah, with dammah: what you stipulated, it is said: take your stipulated item.
وهم أول كتيبة تشهد الحرب، وتتهيأ للموت
And they are the first unit to witness war, and prepare for death.
وطائفة من أعوان الولاة م، وهو شرطي، كتركي وجهني
And a group of the ruler's assistants, and he is a shurṭī, like turkī and juhanī.
سموا بذلك، لأنهم أعلموا أنفسهم بعلامات يعرفون بها.
They were named thus, because they marked themselves with signs by which they are known.
وشرط، كسمع: وقع في أمر عظيم.
And sharṭa, like samʿa: he fell into a great matter.
والشريط: خوص مفتول يشرط به السرير ونحوه
And al-Sharīṭ: a twisted palm leaf with which a bed and the like is woven.
وعتيدة تضع المرأة فيها طيبها، والعيبة
And a container in which a woman places her perfume, and a pouch.
وبهاء: المشقوقة الأذن من الإبل، والشاة أثر في حلقها أثر يسير كشرط المحاجم من غير إفراء أوداج، ولا إنهار دم.
And bi-hāʾ: the one with a slit ear among camels, and the sheep has a mark in its throat, a slight mark like that of cupping without severing the jugular veins, nor causing blood to flow.
وكان يفعل ذلك في الجاهلية، يقطعون يسيرا من حلقها، ويجعلونه ذكاة لها.
And this was done in the pre-Islamic era, they would cut a little from its throat, and make it a sacrifice for it.
وفي الحديث: "لا تأكلوا الشريطة".
And in the hadith: 'Do not eat the shariṭah.'
وكزبير: والد نبيط.
And ka-zubayr: the father of Nabīt.
وكصبور: جبل.
And ka-ṣabūr: a mountain.
والشرواط، كسرداح: الطويل، والجمل السريع.
And al-Shurwāṭ, like sardaḥ: the tall one, and the fast camel.
والمشرط والمشراط، بكسرهما: المبضع.
And al-Mishraṭ and al-Mishrāṭ, with kasrah on both: the scalpel.
ومشاريط الشيء: أوائله، الواحد: مشراط.
And mashārīṭ of a thing: its beginnings, the singular: mishrāṭ.
وأخذ للأمر مشاريطه: أهبته.
And he took for the matter its beginnings: he prepared it.
وذو الشرط: عدي بن جبلة، شرط على قومه أن لا يدفن ميت حتى يخط هو موضع قبره.
And Dhu al-Shart: Addi ibn Jabalah, he stipulated to his people that no one should be buried until he marked the place of his grave.
واشترط عليه: شرط.
And he stipulated to him: he conditioned.
وتشرط في عمله: تأنق
And he was meticulous in his work: he was refined.
واستشرط المال: فسد بعد صلاح
And the wealth spoiled: it became corrupt after being sound.
والغنم أشرط المال: أرذله، مفاضلة بلا فعل، وهو نادر.
And the sheep were the worst of the wealth: the most inferior, a comparison without a verb, and it is rare.
وشارطه: شرط كل منهما على صاحبه.
And he stipulated with him: each of them stipulated against his companion.