a sharer
1. a sharer in wealth, profit, or ownership; a business partner
2. a sharer in inheritance; a coheir
  فَإِن كَانُوا أَكْثَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ فَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فِي ٱلثُّلُثِIf they are more than that, they are the co-heirs of the third [of the inheritance].609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:12
3. a sharer in rank, authority, or lordship; a coordinate; an equal; a co-ruler
4. an associate, a partner, a fellow; a companion
a fellow deity, someone presumed a god other than the monotheistic God
قُلْ هَلْ مِن شُرَكَائِكُم مَّن يَهْدِي إِلَى الْحَقِّSay: Is there of your partner-deities one that leads to the right?609–632 CE, Qur'an, 10:35
قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ شُرَكَاءَكُمُ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقُوا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ أَمْ آتَيْنَاهُمْ كِتَابًا فَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَتٍ مِّنْهُSay: Have ye seen your partner-gods to whom ye pray beside Allah? Show me what they created of the earth! Or have they any share in the heavens? Or have We given them a scripture so they act on unequivocal proof therefrom?609–632 CE, Qur'an, 35:40

Word origin

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb شَرِكَ (šarika, “to share”), from the root ش ر ك (š r k); literally, "sharer".

Words from the root ش-ر-ك

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

شَرِكَ · present يَشْرَكُ

Form I · The plain action

to have the shoe strings broken; to share, to participate with (someone); to become a partner, to be a participant, to be an associate

شَرِكَة

Verbal noun

company

شِرْك

Verbal noun

polytheism

شِرْكَة

Verbal noun

شَرِيك

Active participle

a sharer

مَشْرُوك

Passive participle

شَارَكَ · present يُشَارِكُ

Form III · Done to or with someone

to share, to participate; to form a partnership, to join, to merge; to sympathize

مُشَارَكَة

Verbal noun

participation

شِرَاك

Verbal noun

مُشَارِك

Active participle

participant

مُشَارِك

Active participle · Adjective

participant

مُشَارَك

Passive participle

أَشْرَكَ · present يُشْرِكُ

Form IV · Causative

to make a partner, to make a participant; to give a share

إِشْرَاك

Verbal noun

مُشْرِك

Active participle

مُشْرَك

Passive participle

تَشَارَكَ · present يَتَشَارَكُ

Form VI · Mutual action

to partner, to participate together, to share with one another

تَشَارُك

Verbal noun

مُتَشَارِك

Active participle

مُتَشَارَك

Passive participle

اِشْتَرَكَ · present يَشْتَرِكُ

Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to enter into partnership, to cooperate; to participate; to share

اِشْتِرَاك

Verbal noun

partnership

مُشْتَرِك

Active participle

participant

مُشْتَرَك

Passive participle · Adjective

shared

اِشْتِرَاكِيَّة

Derived noun

socialism

اِشْتِرَاكِيّ

Derived noun · Adjective

socialist

اِشْتِرَاكِيّ

Derived noun

socialist

شُرُك

Adjective

spurious

شَرَك

Noun · m.

net

اِشْتِرَاكِيَّة دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة

Noun · f.

democratic socialism

شِرَاك

Noun · m.

string

شَرِيك: plural and other forms

Singular	شَرِيك
Plural	شُرَكَاء
Feminine	شَرِيكَة

شَرِيك in a sentence

Dictionary examples

a sharer in inheritance

فَإِن كَانُوا أَكْثَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ فَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فِي ٱلثُّلُثِIf they are more than that, they are the co-heirs of the third [of the inheritance].609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:12

a fellow deity

قُلْ هَلْ مِن شُرَكَائِكُم مَّن يَهْدِي إِلَى الْحَقِّSay: Is there of your partner-deities one that leads to the right?609–632 CE, Qur'an, 10:35

a fellow deity

قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ شُرَكَاءَكُمُ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقُوا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ أَمْ آتَيْنَاهُمْ كِتَابًا فَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَتٍ مِّنْهُSay: Have ye seen your partner-gods to whom ye pray beside Allah? Show me what they created of the earth! Or have they any share in the heavens? Or have We given them a scripture so they act on unequivocal proof therefrom?609–632 CE, Qur'an, 35:40

From a fully vowelled text

فَأَشَارُوا إِلَى شُرَكَائِهِمُِ الَّذِينَ فِي السَّفِينَةِ الأُخْرَى أَنْ يَأْتُوا وَيُسَاعِدُوهُمْ. فَأَتَوْا وَمَلأُوا السَّفِينَتَيْنِ حَتَّى أَخَذَتَا فِي الْغَرَقِ.And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.Luke 5:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

وَكَذلِكَ أَيْضًا يَعْقُوبُ وَيُوحَنَّا ابْنَا زَبَدِي اللَّذَانِ كَانَا شَرِيكَيْ سِمْعَانَ. فَقَالَ يَسُوعُ لِسِمْعَانَ: «لاَ تَخَفْ! مِنَ الآنَ تَكُونُ تَصْطَادُ النَّاسَ!»And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.Luke 5:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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