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語源

Borrowed from Arabic شِيعِيّ (šīʕiyy), from الشِّيعَة (aš-šīʕa, “the Shi'a”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

By surface analysis, Shi'a +‎ -i.

発音

• IPA: /ˈʃiːi/

形容詞

Shi'i (comparative more Shi'i, superlative most Shi'i)

1. Synonym of Shiite.

   Coordinate term: Sunni

   • 1877, J. W. Redhouse, A Vindication of the Ottoman Sultan’s Title of “Caliph;” Shewing its Antiquity, Validity, and Universal Acceptance, London, page 9:

     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.

   • 1880, The Edinburgh Review, volume 151, page 74:

     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.

   • 1928, D. S. Margoliouth, Mohammedanism‎, page 125:

     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.

派生語

名詞

Shi'i (plural Shi'is)

1. Synonym of Shiite.

   Coordinate term: Sunni

発音

• IPA: /ʃɪ(ː)/

名詞

shii (usually uncountable, plural shiis)

1. (African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of shit.
2. (Internet slang, euphemistic) Pronunciation spelling of shit.

参考

• shii tree