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شُرْطِيّ
policeman, police officer /ʃurˈtˤijj/
nounB1#1582 most common
Also: police constable, cop, of the police (relating to the police)
Example sentences
هٰذا شُرْطِيٌّ.
This is a policeman.
الشُّرْطِيُّ يَقِفُ في الشّارِعِ.
The policeman stands in the street.
سَأَلْتُ الشُّرْطِيَّ عَنِ الطَّريقِ إلى المَحَطَّةِ.
I asked the policeman about the way to the station.
أَوْقَفَ الشُّرْطِيُّ السَّيّارَةَ لِأَنَّها تَجاوَزَتِ السُّرْعَةَ المَسْموحَ بِها.
The policeman stopped the car because it exceeded the permitted speed.
لَمْ يَتَهاوَنِ الشُّرْطِيُّ مَعَ المُخالِفينَ رَغْمَ كَثْرَةِ تَوَسُّلاتِهِم.
The policeman showed no leniency toward the offenders despite their many pleas.
يَرى بَعْضُ المُحَلِّلينَ أَنَّ دَوْرَ الشُّرْطِيِّ لا يَقْتَصِرُ على تَطْبيقِ القانونِ بَلْ يَمْتَدُّ إلى صَوْنِ الأَمْنِ الاجْتِماعِيِّ.
Some analysts hold that the policeman's role is not limited to enforcing the law but extends to safeguarding social security.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شُرْطِيٌّ | شُرْطِيّونَ |
| Genitive | شُرْطِيٍّ | شُرْطِيّينَ |
| Accusative | شُرْطِيًّا | شُرْطِيّينَ |
| Vocative | يا شُرْطِيُّ | يا شُرْطِيّونَ |
Word family
شُرْطةpolice, police force
شُرْطِيّةpolicewoman
شَرْطcondition, stipulationاِشْتَرَطَto stipulate, to require
مَشْروطconditional
Etymology
The word is a nisba adjective formed from شُرْطة (shurṭa), the police. That noun derives from the Semitic root sh-r-ṭ, which carries the sense of marking or setting a condition. In early Islamic history the shurṭa were a select, marked body of guards, and the meaning narrowed over time to the modern police force.
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