شرك
العربية
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شرك¹
verb شَرِكَ · šarika · يَشْرَكُ · شِرْك · شِرْكَة · شَرِكَة
- to have the shoe strings broken
- to share, to participate with (someone)
- to become a partner, to be a participant, to be an associate
شرك²
Where it comes from
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 (s²rk).
noun شِرْك · širk · أَشْرَاك · الشِّرْك
- verbal noun of شَرِكَ (šarika) (form I)
- polytheism, idolatry وَإِذْ قَالَ لُقْمَانُ لِٱبْنِهِ وَهُوَ يَعِظُهُ يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تُشْرِكْ بِٱللّٰهِۖ إِنَّ ٱلشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ
- share
شرك³
noun شَرَك · šarak · شُرُك · أَشْرَاك · شِرَاك
- net, snare, trap, booby trap
شرك⁴
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
شرك⁵
adjective شُرُك · šuruk · الشُّرُك · شُرُكَة · الشُّرُكَة
- spurious, unsound, phony, false
In English
- polytheism belief in the existence of multiple gods
- snare trap
- booby trap antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object
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