شرك

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

The root شرك (sh-r-k) primarily denotes participation, partnership, and sharing. It extends to concepts of association, including religious association (polytheism), and also encompasses physical objects like straps and paths, as well as a swift, successive action.

Derived headwords

الشريكnoun

1.
partnerboth
One who shares in something with another, whether in business, inheritance, or any joint endeavor.

شركاءnoun

1.
plural of partnerboth
plural of partner

أشراكnoun

1.
plural of partnerboth
plural of partner
2.
its pluralboth
its plural

شريفadjective

1.
noble man, plural shurafāʾ and ashrāfboth
noble man, plural shurafāʾ and ashrāf
2.
noble todayboth
noble today

شرفاءnoun

1.
nobles (plural)both
The plural of شريف (sharīf), referring to noble individuals.

أشرافnoun

1.
nobles (plural, alternative)both
An alternative plural form for شريف (sharīf).

شريكةnoun

1.
the female partnerboth
the female partner

شرائكnoun

1.
female partners (plural)both
female partners (plural)

شاركverb

1.
to become a partnerboth
To enter into a partnership with someone, becoming their partner.

اشتركverb

1.
to shareboth
To participate jointly in something with others.
2.
to subscribeboth
To agree to participate or contribute to a common cause or venture.

تشاركverb

1.
to share mutuallyboth
To share something with each other, indicating mutual participation.

أشركverb

1.
he associated partners with Godboth
he associated partners with God

شركةnoun

1.
he made him a partner in the sale and inheritanceboth
he made him a partner in the sale and inheritance
2.
partnershipboth
partnership

الشركnoun

1.
the noun (partnership)both
the noun (partnership)
2.
polytheism, disbeliefboth
polytheism, disbelief
3.
hunter's snareboth
hunter's snare

مشتركadjective

1.
participatingclassical
Engaged in thought or worry, as if preoccupied or troubled.

مشركadjective

1.
polytheistboth
One who practices polytheism or associates others with God.
2.
disbelieverboth
An infidel or one who rejects faith.

مشركىadjective

1.
polytheist (variant)classical
A variant form of مشرِك (mushrik), meaning polytheist or disbeliever.

شراكnoun

1.
strapboth
A strap, typically used for footwear or as part of a harness.
2.
pathwaysclassical
Multiple paths or routes, often referring to grazing areas.

التشريكnoun

1.
attaching strapsboth
The act of attaching straps, similar to أشركت نعلي (ashrakta na'lī).

شركةnoun

1.
he made him a partner in the sale and inheritanceboth
he made him a partner in the sale and inheritance
2.
partnershipboth
partnership

شركيadjective

1.
swift and successiveclassical
Describing a blow or action that is rapid and follows in quick succession.

Parallel reading

الشريك يجمع على شركاء وأشراك

The partner is pluralized as sharikā' and ashrāk.

والمرأة شريكة، والنساء شرائك

And the woman is a sharīkah, and the women are sharā'ik.

وشاركت فلانا: صرت شريكه

And I became a partner to so-and-so: I became his partner.

واشتركنا وتشاركنا في كذا

And we shared and participated mutually in such-and-such.

وشرِكته (1) في البيع والميراث أشركه شركة

And I made him a partner (1) in the sale and inheritance, I made him a partner with a partnership.

والاسم الشرك

And the noun is al-shirk.

وشاركنا قريشا في تقاها وفي أحسابها شرك العنان

And we shared with Quraysh in their piety and in their noble lineage, a partnership of the reins.

والجمع أشراك، مثل شبر وأشبار

And the plural is ashrāk, like shibr and ashbār.

تطير عدائد الأشراك شفعا ووترا

The omens of the ashrāk fly in pairs and singly.

يقال رأيت فلانا مشتركا، إذا كان يحدث نفسه كالمهموم

It is said, 'I saw so-and-so mushtarikan,' if he is talking to himself as if worried.

والشرك أيضا: الكفر

And al-shirk also means: disbelief.

وقد أشرك فلان بالله، فهو مشرك ومشركى

And so-and-so has committed polytheism against God, so he is a mushrik and a mushrikī.

ومشركى كافر بالفرق (1)

And my mushrikī is a disbeliever in the Furqān (1).

وأشركه في أمري، أي اجعله شريكي فيه

And associate him with me in my affair, meaning make him my partner in it.

وأشركت نعلي: جعلت لها شراكا

And I attached straps to my sandal: I made straps for it.

والتشريك مثله

And al-tashrīk is similar.

والشرك، بالتحريك: حبالة الصائد، الواحدة شركة

And al-shirk, with vowelization: the hunter's snare, the singular is sharikah.

والشركة أيضا: معظم الطريق ووسطه، والجمع شرك

And al-shirkah also means: the main part of the road and its middle, and the plural is shirak.

والكلأ في بني فلان شرك، أي طرائق

And the pasture among the Banu Fulān is shirak, meaning pathways.

لطمه لطما شركيا، بضم الشين وفتح الراء، أي سريعا متتابعا

He struck him a shirki blow, with damma on the shīn and fatḥa on the rā', meaning swift and successive.

أخو شركي الورد غير معتم

Brother of successive watering, not delaying.