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شِرْعَةٌ ذ : see شَرِيعَةٌ, in two places. ― -b2- Also A custom. (TA.) ― -b3- See also شِرْعٌ, first sentence, in three places. -A2- Also A snare for the birds called قَطًا, (Lth, O, K, TA,) with which to capture them, (O, TA,) made of sinews: (Lth, O, TA:) pl. شِرَعٌ. (O.) ― -b2- Also, (S, O, K,) and ↓ شَرْعَةٌ , (K,) A string, or chord: (S, O, K, TA:) or such as is slender: or while continuing stretched upon the bow; (TA;) and so ↓ شِرَاعٌ ; (Lth, O, K;) or upon the lute; and so ↓ شِرَاعٌ : (TA:) the pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] (of ↓ شِرْعَةٌ , S, O, [i. e. of this n. un. meaning the “ chord of a lute, ” as is shown by exs. in the O and TA,]) is ↓ شِرْعٌ (S, O, K) and (that of ↓ شَرْعَةٌ , TA) ↓ شَرْعٌ , (O, K, TA,) like as تَمْرٌ is of تَمْرَةٌ, (O, TA,) and [the pl. properly so termed] (of شِرْعَةٌ, S, O) شِرَعٌ, and pl. pl. شِرَاعٌ: (S, O, K:) and the pl. of ↓ شِرَاعٌ as a sing. syn. with شِرْعَةٌ is شُرُعٌ. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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