شِرْعٌ
Root: شرع
Full Definition
شِرْعٌ
[in the CK, erroneously, شَرْع,] The like of a thing; as also
شِرْعَةٌ : [but the former is masc. and ↓ the latter is fem.; for] one says, هٰذَا شِرْعُ هٰذَا
This is the like of this; and so هٰذِهِ هٰذِهِ: and هٰذَانِ شِرْعَانِ
these two are likes. [The pls., or rather coll. gen. ns. and pls., following this meaning in the K belong to شِرْعَةٌ and شَرْعَةٌ in another sense; as is shown by exs. in the O and TA.]
def.2 Also The chords of the بَرْبَط, which is the [Persian] عُود [or lute]. [In this sense, a coll. gen. n.:] see its n. un. شِرْعَةٌ.
2 And hence, as being likened thereto,
def.2 Also The chords of the بَرْبَط, which is the [Persian] عُود [or lute]. [In this sense, a coll. gen. n.:] see its n. un. شِرْعَةٌ.
2 And hence, as being likened thereto,
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