شَرِيكٌ
Root: شرك
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شَرِيكٌ
act. part. n. of شَرِكَةٌ; i. q.
مُشَارِكٌ [A sharer, participator, partaker, or partner, with another; a copartner, an associate, or a colleague, of another]; and
شِرْكٌ signifies the same: a sharer in what is not divided: (K and TK in art. خلط:) or a sharer in the rights of a thing that is sold: pl. شُرَكَآءُ and أَشْرَاكٌ, like شُرَفَآءُ and أَشْرَافٌ pls. of شَرِيفٌ; or the latter is pl. of
شِرْكٌ : a woman is termed شَرِيكَةٌ; which is applied to a man's جَارَة [i. e. wife, or object of love]; and the pl. of this is شَرَائِكُ. Az mentions his having heard one of the Arabs say, فُلَانٌ شَرِيكُ فُلَانٍ meaning Such a one is married to the daughter, or to the sister, of such a one; what people call the
خَتَن [of such a one].
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