Arabic vocabulary
شِّيعَةِthe Shi'a
How to say “the Shi'a” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَكَانَتْ الْأَجْوَاءَ بَيْنَ الشِّيْعَةِ وَالسُّنَّةِ المَشْحُونَةَ،
And the atmosphere between the Shi'a and the Sunnis was tense.
الشِّيْعَةِ — the Shi'a. A definite proper name, 'the Shi'a', the first of the two parties, in the after-preposition case under 'between'. Its definiteness marks it as the known group.
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