شرك

See also: شرک, سرگ, سڑک, and سرک

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ش ر ك (š-r-k).

Verb

شَرِكَ (šarika) I, non-past يَشْرَكُ‎ (yašraku)

  1. (obsolete) to have the shoe strings broken
  2. (transitive) to share, to participate with (someone)
  3. to become partner, to be a participant, to be an associate
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From the root ش ر ك (š-r-k). The meaning of associating partners to a god or sharing allegiance across multiple gods is, according to Jeffery 1938, a semantic loan from Old South Arabian 𐩦𐩧𐩫.

Noun

شِرْك (širk) m (usually uncountable)

  1. verbal noun of شَرِكَ (šarika) (form I)
  2. (Islam) polytheism, idolatry
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 3

From the root ش ر ك (š-r-k).

Noun

شَرَك (šarak) m (plural شُرُك (šuruk) or أَشْرَاك (ʾašrāk) or شِرَاك (širāk))

  1. net, snare, trap, booby trap
Declension

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry. From the root ش ر ك (š-r-k).

Noun

شُرُك (šuruk) m pl

  1. plural of شِرَاك (širāk, shoelace)
  2. plural of شَرَك (šarak, net, snare)

Etymology 5

From the root ش ر ك (š-r-k).

Adjective

شُرُك (šuruk)

  1. spurious, unsound, phony, false
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), شرك”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 415–416
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 185–186
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), شرك”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 651
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