شعير

Compare Aramaic סְעַרְתָּא‎ / ܣܥܪܬܐ‎ (səʿārtā), Hebrew שְׂעוֹרָה‎ (śəʿōrā), also meaning barley. From the root ش ع ر‎ (š-ʿ-r) for its appearance of hairiness.

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.ʕiːr/

شَعِير • (šaʿīr) m (collective, singulative شَعِيرَة‎ (šaʿīra))

1. barley
   • 7th century CE, Sunan Abī Dāwud, 23:24:

     ‏الذَّهَبُ بِٱلذَّهَبِ تِبْرُهَا وَعَيْنُهَا وَٱلْفِضَّةُ بِٱلْفِضَّةِ تِبْرُهَا وَعَيْنُهَا وَٱلْبُرُّ بِٱلْبُرِّ مُدْيٌ بِمُدْيٍ وَٱلشَّعِيرُ بِٱلشَّعِيرِ مُدْيٌ بِمُدْيٍ وَٱلتَّمْرُ بِٱلتَّمْرِ مُدْيٌ بِمُدْيٍ وَٱلْمِلْحُ بِٱلْمِلْحِ مُدْيٌ بِمُدْيٍ‎

     aḏ-ḏahabu bi-ḏ-ḏahabi tibruhā waʿaynuhā wal-fiḍḍatu bi-l-fiḍḍati tibruhā waʿaynuhā wal-burru bi-l-burri mudyun bimudyin waš-šaʿīru bi-š-šaʿīri mudyun bimudyin wat-tamru bi-t-tamri mudyun bimudyin wal-milḥu bi-l-milḥi mudyun bimudyin

     Gold is to be weighed for in gold, raw and coined, silver in silver, raw and coined, wheat in wheat in equal measure, barley in barley in equal measure, dates in dates in equal measure, salt in salt in equal measure.

• → Swahili: shayiri