# شرك
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* ش ر ك (š r k)
* 11 terms

#### Verb

شَرِكَ • (šarika) I (non-past يَشْرَكُ (yašraku), verbal noun شِرْك (širk) or شِرْكَة (širka) or شَرِكَة (šarika))
* (obsolete) to have the shoe strings broken
* (transitive) to share, to participate with (someone)
* to become a partner, to be a participant, to be an associate

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

* Root
* ش ر ك (š r k)
* 11 terms
The meaning of associating partners to a god or sharing allegiance across multiple gods is, according to Jeffery 1938, a semantic loan from Old South Arabian 𐩦𐩧𐩫 (s²rk).

#### Noun

شِرْك • (širk) m (plural أَشْرَاك (ʔašrāk))
* verbal noun of شَرِكَ (šarika) (form I)
* (uncountable, Islam) polytheism, idolatry
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 31:13:وَإِذْ قَالَ لُقْمَانُ لِٱبْنِهِ وَهُوَ يَعِظُهُ يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تُشْرِكْ بِٱللّٰهِۖ إِنَّ ٱلشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌwaʔiḏ qāla luqmānu libnihi wahuwa yaʕiẓuhu yā bunayya lā tušrik bi-l-lāhi ʔinna š-širka laẓulmun ʕaẓīmunWhen Luqman said to his son, as he advised him: "O my son! Do not ascribe any partners to God. Polytheism is indeed a great injustice."
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 35:14:إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا مَا ٱسْتَجَابُوا لَكُمْۖ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ يَكْفُرُونَ بِشِرْكِكُمْۚ وَلَا يُنَبِّئُكَ مِثْلُ خَبِيرٍʔin tadʕūhum lā yasmaʕū duʕāʔakum walaw samiʕū mā stajābū lakum wayawma l-qiyāmati yakfurūna biširkikum walā yunabbiʔuka miṯlu ḵabīrinIf you invoke them they will not hear your invocation, and even if they heard they cannot respond to you, and on the Day of Resurrection they will forswear your polytheism, and none can inform you like the One who is all-aware.
* (countable) share

##### Descendants

* → English: shirk
* → Persian: شرک (šerk)
* → Japanese: シルク (shiruku)
* → Malay: شيريک (syirik)
** Indonesian: syirik, sirik
* → Urdu: شرک (širk)

### Etymology 3

* Root
* ش ر ك (š r k)
* 11 terms

#### Noun

شَرَك • (šarak) m (plural شُرُك (šuruk) or أَشْرَاك (ʔašrāk) or شِرَاك (širāk))
* net, snare, trap, booby trap

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

* Root
* ش ر ك (š r k)
* 11 terms
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

شُرُك • (šuruk) m pl
* plural of شِرَاك (širāk, “shoelace”)
* plural of شَرَك (šarak, “net, snare”)

### Etymology 5

* Root
* ش ر ك (š r k)
* 11 terms

#### Adjective

شُرُك • (šuruk)
* spurious, unsound, phony, false

##### Declension
### References

* Freytag, Georg (1833) “شرك”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 415–416
* Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 185–186
* Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “شرك”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 651

## Moroccan Arabic
### Pronunciation 1

* IPA: /ʃrak/

#### Etymology 1

From Arabic شَرِكَ (šarika).

##### Verb

شرك • (šrak) I (non-past يشرك (yišrak))
* to share
    شركته معاه. ― šraktu mʕāh. ― I shared it with him.
* to become a partner, to be a participant, to be an associate
    شركت معاه فديك القهوة. ― šrakt mʕāh f-dīk el-qahwa. ― I became his partner in that café.

##### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Etymology 2

From Arabic أَشْرَكَ (ʔašraka).

##### Verb

شرك • (šrak) I (non-past يشرك (yišrak))
* to commit shirk
    شرك بالله ― šrak b-ellāh ― He committed shirk

##### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

### Pronunciation 2

* IPA: /ʃirk/

#### Etymology

From Arabic شِرْك (širk).

#### Noun

شرك • (širk) m
* (uncountable, Islam) polytheism, idolatry

### Pronunciation 3

* IPA: /ʃar.raɡ/

#### Etymology

From Arabic شَرَّجَ (šarraja).

#### Verb

شرك • (šarrag) II (non-past يشرك (yšarrag))
* to rip, to tear
    Synonym: قطع (qaṭṭaʕ)
    علاش شركتي سروالك؟ ― ʕlāš šarragti sarwālek? ― Why did you tear your trousers?

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of شرك :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | شرّكت (šarragt) | شرّكتي (šarragti) | شرّك (šarrag) | شرّكنا (šarragna) | شرّكتوا (šarragtu) | شرّكوا (šarrgu) |
| past | f | شرّكت (šarragt) | شرّكتي (šarragti) | شرّكت (šarrgāt) | شرّكنا (šarragna) | شرّكتوا (šarragtu) | شرّكوا (šarrgu) |
| non-past | m | نشرّك (nšarrag) | تشرّك (tšarrag) | يشرّك (yšarrag) | نشرّكوا (nšarrgu) | تشرّكوا (tšarrgu) | يشرّكوا (yšarrgu) |
| non-past | f | نشرّك (nšarrag) | تشرّكي (tšarrgi) | تشرّك (tšarrag) | نشرّكوا (nšarrgu) | تشرّكوا (tšarrgu) | يشرّكوا (yšarrgu) |
| imperative | m | | شرّك (šarrag) | | | شرّكوا (šarrgu) | |
| imperative | f | | شرّكي (šarrgi) | | | شرّكوا (šarrgu) | |

##### Alternative forms

* شرڭ (šarrag), شرگ (šarrag)