شَرَكٌ
Root: شرك
Full Definition
شَرَكٌ
The حِبَالَة [properly a sing., meaning snare, but here app. used as a gen. n., meaning snares, as will be seen from what follows,] of the
صَائِد [i. e. sportsman, or catcher of game, or wild animals, or birds]; one of which is called
شَرَكَةٌ : the meaning of the شَرَك of the صَائِد is well known; and the pl. is أَشْرَاكٌ; like سَبَبٌ and أَسْبَابٌ: or, as some say, شَرَكٌ is the pl. of
شَرَكَةٌ , [or rather is a coll. gen. n. of which
شَرَكَةٌ is the n. un.,] like قَصَبٌ and قَصَبَةٌ: [i. e.,] شَرَكٌ signifies the حَبَائِل [or snares, or by this may perhaps be meant the cords composing a snare, for حَبَائِلُ is an anomalous pl. of حَبْلٌ,] for catching wild animals or the like; and what is, or are, set up for [catching] birds: one whereof is said to be called
شَرَكَةٌ [a term used in the K, in art. شبك, as the explanation of شَبَكَةٌ, which means a net]: and the pl. of شَرَكٌ is شُرُكٌ, with two dammehs, which is extr. [with respect to analogy, like فُلُكٌ pl. of فَلَكٌ]. Hence the trad., أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ
الشَّيْطَانِ وَشَرَكِهِ, meaning حَبَائِلِهِ وَمَصَايِدِهِ [i. e. I seek protection by Thee from the mischief of the Devil, and his snares].
2 شَرَكُ الطَّرِيقِ means The main and middle parts of the road; syn. جَوَادُّهُ: or the tracks that are [conspicuous and distinct,] not obscure to one nor blended together: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of شَرَكَةٌ : or the أَنْسَاع of the road; i. e. the furrows of the road, made by the beasts with their legs [or feet] in its surface, a here and another by the side of it: or أَشْرَاكٌ [is its pl., and] signifies the small tracks that branch off from the main road and then stop, or terminate. [See أُسٌّ.]
2 شَرَكُ الطَّرِيقِ means The main and middle parts of the road; syn. جَوَادُّهُ: or the tracks that are [conspicuous and distinct,] not obscure to one nor blended together: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of شَرَكَةٌ : or the أَنْسَاع of the road; i. e. the furrows of the road, made by the beasts with their legs [or feet] in its surface, a here and another by the side of it: or أَشْرَاكٌ [is its pl., and] signifies the small tracks that branch off from the main road and then stop, or terminate. [See أُسٌّ.]
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