شراع

Arabic

Root
ش ر ع (š-r-ʕ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.raːʕ/

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Noun

شِرَاع • (širāʕ) m (plural أَشْرِعَة (ʔašriʕa) or شُرُع (šuruʕ))

1. sail
2. tent
3. protecting roof
4. bowstring
5. spear
6. neck of a camel

Declension

Declension of noun شِرَاع (širāʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِرَاع širāʕ	الشِّرَاع aš-širāʕ	شِرَاع širāʕ
Nominative	شِرَاعٌ širāʕun	الشِّرَاعُ aš-širāʕu	شِرَاعُ širāʕu
Accusative	شِرَاعًا širāʕan	الشِّرَاعَ aš-širāʕa	شِرَاعَ širāʕa
Genitive	شِرَاعٍ širāʕin	الشِّرَاعِ aš-širāʕi	شِرَاعِ širāʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِرَاعَيْن širāʕayn	الشِّرَاعَيْن aš-širāʕayn	شِرَاعَيْ širāʕay
Nominative	شِرَاعَانِ širāʕāni	الشِّرَاعَانِ aš-širāʕāni	شِرَاعَا širāʕā
Accusative	شِرَاعَيْنِ širāʕayni	الشِّرَاعَيْنِ aš-širāʕayni	شِرَاعَيْ širāʕay
Genitive	شِرَاعَيْنِ širāʕayni	الشِّرَاعَيْنِ aš-širāʕayni	شِرَاعَيْ širāʕay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَشْرِعَة‎; شُرُع ʔašriʕa‎; šuruʕ	الْأَشْرِعَة‎; الشُّرُع al-ʔašriʕa‎; aš-šuruʕ	أَشْرِعَة‎; شُرُع ʔašriʕat‎; šuruʕ
Nominative	أَشْرِعَةٌ‎; شُرُعٌ ʔašriʕatun‎; šuruʕun	الْأَشْرِعَةُ‎; الشُّرُعُ al-ʔašriʕatu‎; aš-šuruʕu	أَشْرِعَةُ‎; شُرُعُ ʔašriʕatu‎; šuruʕu
Accusative	أَشْرِعَةً‎; شُرُعًا ʔašriʕatan‎; šuruʕan	الْأَشْرِعَةَ‎; الشُّرُعَ al-ʔašriʕata‎; aš-šuruʕa	أَشْرِعَةَ‎; شُرُعَ ʔašriʕata‎; šuruʕa
Genitive	أَشْرِعَةٍ‎; شُرُعٍ ʔašriʕatin‎; šuruʕin	الْأَشْرِعَةِ‎; الشُّرُعِ al-ʔašriʕati‎; aš-šuruʕi	أَشْرِعَةِ‎; شُرُعِ ʔašriʕati‎; šuruʕi

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “شراع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِرَاع (širāʕ, “sail”).

Noun

شراع • (şiraʿ) (plural اشرعه (aşriʿa))

1. sail, a piece of fabric attached to a boat

   Synonyms: بادبان (badban), یلكن (yelken)

2. string of a lute, or of other similar instruments

Descendants

• Turkish: şira

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şira1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4490
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شراع”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 722
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Velum navis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1726
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “شراع”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2792
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شراع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1120

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش ر ع
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic شِرَاع (širāʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.raːʕ/, [ʃɪˈrɑːʕ]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

شراع • (širāʕ) m (plural شروع (šrūʕ) or شرع (šuroʕ))

1. sail

Derived terms

• سفينة شراعيّة (safīne širāʕiyye, “sailing ship”)
• شختورة شراعيّة (šaḵtūra širāʕiyye, “yacht, sailboat”)