شيعة

See also: شیعه

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش ي ع (š y ʿ); compare شَاعَ (šāʿa, to spread (intransitive), to become known). Cognate with Hebrew סיעה (si'a, party, faction).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiː.ʕa/

Noun

شِيعَة (šīʿa) f (plural شِيَع (šiyaʿ))

  1. cult, sect
  2. (collective) followers, assistants
  3. (collective) adherents, disciples, partisans
  4. faction, party
  5. (definite) the Shi'a

Declension

Noun

شِيعَة (šīʿa) f (plural أَشْيَاع (ʾašyāʿ))

  1. followers, assistants; follower, assistant
  2. adherents, disciples, partisans; adherent, disciple, partisan

Declension

See also

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