شَرِيكٌ

act. particle n. of شَرِكَةٌ; (Mgh;) i. q. ↓ مُشَارِكٌ [A sharer, participator, partaker, or partner, with another; a copartner, an associate, or a colleague, of another]; (K;) and ↓ شِرْكٌ signifies the same: (Az, K, TA:) a sharer in what is not divided: (K and TK in article خلط:) or a sharer in the rights of a thing that is sold: (Mgh in that article:) plural شُرَكَاءُ and أَشْرَاكٌ, (S, O, Msb, K, TA,) like شُرَفَاءُ and أَشْرَافٌ pls. of شَرِيفٌ; (S, O, TA;) or the latter is plural of ↓ شِرْكٌ: (Az, TA:) a woman is termed شَرِيكَةٌ; (S, O, K;) which is applied to a man's جَارَة [i. e. wife, or object of love]; (TA;) and the plural of this is شَرَايءِكُ. (S, O, K.) Az mentions his having heard one of the Arabs say, فُلَانٌ شَرِيكُ فُلَانٍ meaning Such a one is married to the daughter, or to the sister, of such a one; what people call the خَتَن [of such a one]. (TA.)