شريعة

شريعة

See also: سريعة‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش ر ع‎ (š-r-ʿ). Compare Ge'ez ሥርዐት (śərʿät), Sabaean 𐩦𐩧𐩲‎ (s²rʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.riː.ʕa/

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Noun

شَرِيعَة • (šarīʿa) f (plural شَرَائِع‎ (šarāʾiʿ))

1. (obsolete) way, path
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 45:18:

     ‏ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاكَ عَلَى شَرِيعَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ فَٱتَّبِعْهَا وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ‎

     ṯumma jaʿalnāka ʿalā šarīʿatin mmina l-ʾamri fattabiʿhā walā tattabiʿ ʾahwāʾa llaḏīna lā yaʿlamūna

     "And now have We set thee on a clear road of commandment; so follow it, and follow not the whims of those who know not." (Surah al-Jathiya, Āyah 18, translated by Marmaduke Pickthall)

2. law and legislation
3. (Islam) sharia, law

Declension

Declension of noun شَرِيعَة (šarīʿa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَرِيعَة šarīʿa	الشَّرِيعَة‎ aš-šarīʿa	شَرِيعَة šarīʿat
Nominative	شَرِيعَةٌ šarīʿatun	الشَّرِيعَةُ‎ aš-šarīʿatu	شَرِيعَةُ šarīʿatu
Accusative	شَرِيعَةً šarīʿatan	الشَّرِيعَةَ‎ aš-šarīʿata	شَرِيعَةَ šarīʿata
Genitive	شَرِيعَةٍ šarīʿatin	الشَّرِيعَةِ‎ aš-šarīʿati	شَرِيعَةِ šarīʿati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَرِيعَتَيْن‎ šarīʿatayn	الشَّرِيعَتَيْن‎ aš-šarīʿatayn	شَرِيعَتَيْ‎ šarīʿatay
Nominative	شَرِيعَتَانِ‎ šarīʿatāni	الشَّرِيعَتَانِ‎ aš-šarīʿatāni	شَرِيعَتَا‎ šarīʿatā
Accusative	شَرِيعَتَيْنِ‎ šarīʿatayni	الشَّرِيعَتَيْنِ‎ aš-šarīʿatayni	شَرِيعَتَيْ‎ šarīʿatay
Genitive	شَرِيعَتَيْنِ‎ šarīʿatayni	الشَّرِيعَتَيْنِ‎ aš-šarīʿatayni	شَرِيعَتَيْ‎ šarīʿatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَرَائِع‎ šarāʾiʿ	الشَّرَائِع‎ aš-šarāʾiʿ	شَرَائِع‎ šarāʾiʿ
Nominative	شَرَائِعُ‎ šarāʾiʿu	الشَّرَائِعُ‎ aš-šarāʾiʿu	شَرَائِعُ‎ šarāʾiʿu
Accusative	شَرَائِعَ‎ šarāʾiʿa	الشَّرَائِعَ‎ aš-šarāʾiʿa	شَرَائِعَ‎ šarāʾiʿa
Genitive	شَرَائِعَ‎ šarāʾiʿa	الشَّرَائِعِ‎ aš-šarāʾiʿi	شَرَائِعِ‎ šarāʾiʿi

Descendants

• → Bashkir: шәриғәт (şäriğät)
• → Esperanto: ŝario
• → Rohingya: córiyót
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шерѝјат

  Latin: šerìjat

• → Tausug: sariat
• → Turkish: şeriat
• → Swahili: sheria

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “شريعة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1535
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “شرع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 544