shi'i
/ˈʃiːi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Coordinate term: Sunni"
- "After him, they acknowledge as Imam, rejecting the term Caliph, a series of eleven of his descendants; the last of whom disappeared mysteriously, but is held by them to be still living, destined to reappear and to reconquer the whole earth; until when, the Shi’i doctors-of-law are looked upon as the temporary guardians of the faith."
- "It is a mistake into which many writers, following Shi’i legends, have fallen, to compassionate ’Ali as the lawful Khalif deprived of his rights by usurpers."
- "The practice of keeping the Feast of the Pond (the 18th of the Pilgrim Month), in commemoration of the Prophet’s appointment of Ali as his successor, goes back to a fairly early period; in the main, however, the Shi’i commemorations are of a mournful character, as they have for their subject the “murders” (katl of the Prophet’s descendants, and according to this sect his lawful successors."
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شِيعِيّ (šīʕiyy), from الشِّيعَة (aš-šīʕa, “the Shi'a”) + ـِيّ (-iyy). By surface analysis, Shi'a + -i.
Inflected Forms
more Shi'i (comparative)
most Shi'i (superlative)
Shīʻī (alternative)
Shii (alternative)
Shi'is (plural)