شَرْعٌ
Root: شرع
Full Definition
شَرْعٌ
, originally an Verbal.Noun:
2 then applied as a name for A manifest, a plain, or an open, track, or road, or way:
3 and then, metaphorically, to The divine way of religion; so says Er-Rághib; syn. with شَرِيعَةٌ, q. v.
4 In the saying مَرَرْتُ بِرَجُلٍ شَرْعِكَ, or مررت بِرَجُلٍ شَرْعُكَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ, (so in the S and O, [for هُوَ شَرْعُكَ,]) with kesr and with damm to the ع [of شرعك], i. e. [I passed by a man] sufficing thee [as a man], the meaning is, of the sort to which thou directest thyself and which thou seekest ( فِيهِ وَتَطْلُبُهُ): and the word in this sense is used alike as sing. and pl. and dual, because it is [originally] an Verbal.Noun You say, شَرْعُكَ هٰذَا [and هٰذَانِ and هٰؤُلَآءِ] i. e. Sufficient for thee [is this and are these two and are these]. And it is said in a prov.,
5 See also شَرَعٌ, in two places.
6 And see شِرْعَةٌ.
2 then applied as a name for A manifest, a plain, or an open, track, or road, or way:
3 and then, metaphorically, to The divine way of religion; so says Er-Rághib; syn. with شَرِيعَةٌ, q. v.
4 In the saying مَرَرْتُ بِرَجُلٍ شَرْعِكَ, or مررت بِرَجُلٍ شَرْعُكَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ, (so in the S and O, [for هُوَ شَرْعُكَ,]) with kesr and with damm to the ع [of شرعك], i. e. [I passed by a man] sufficing thee [as a man], the meaning is, of the sort to which thou directest thyself and which thou seekest ( فِيهِ وَتَطْلُبُهُ): and the word in this sense is used alike as sing. and pl. and dual, because it is [originally] an Verbal.Noun You say, شَرْعُكَ هٰذَا [and هٰذَانِ and هٰؤُلَآءِ] i. e. Sufficient for thee [is this and are these two and are these]. And it is said in a prov.,
thus correctly, for it is a hemistich; not المَحَلَّ, as in the S and K; i. e. Sufficient travel-ling-provision for thee is that which will cause thee to reach the place [of alighting] to which thou repairest: applied to the case of being content with little.شَرْعُكَ مَا بَلَّغَكَ المَحَلَّا
5 See also شَرَعٌ, in two places.
6 And see شِرْعَةٌ.
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