Arabic vocabulary
شِيْعَةٍthe Shi'a
How to say “the Shi'a” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَكَانَ النَّاصِرُ لَهُ مَيْلٌ إِلَى الشِّيْعَةِ،
And al-Nasir had an inclination toward the Shi'a,
الشِّيْعَةِ — the Shi'a. A definite group-noun 'the Shi'a', held in the genitive by the 'toward' preposition as the object the inclination points to. Its 'the' marks the specific faction.
From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →
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