See also: تقف and تفق

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ث ق ف (ṯ-q-f)

Verb edit

ثَقِفَ (ṯaqifa) I, non-past يَثْقَفُ‎ (yaṯqafu)
ثَقُفَ (ṯaqufa) I, non-past يَثْقُفُ‎ (yaṯqufu)

  1. to have a sharp and penetrating intellect
  2. to be clever and successful
  3. to surpass in intellect
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Verb edit

ثَقِفَ (ṯaqifa) I, non-past يَثْقَفُ‎ (yaṯqafu)

  1. to meet
  2. to reach
  3. to seize, to take hold of
  4. to understand
  5. to obtain, to find
    Synonyms: وَجَدَ (wajada), أَلْفَى (ʔalfā)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:112:
      ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ أَيْنَ مَا ثُقِفُوا إِلَّا بِحَبْلٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَحَبْلٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ
      ḍuribat ʕalayhimu ḏ-ḏillatu ʔayna mā ṯuqifū ʔillā biḥablin mina l-lahi waḥablin mina n-nāsi
      Ignominy shall be their portion wheresoever they are found save (where they grasp) a rope from Allah and a rope from men.
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

ثَقَّفَ (ṯaqqafa) II, non-past يُثَقِّفُ‎ (yuṯaqqifu)

  1. to straighten
  2. to educate, to refine
  3. to correct
  4. to confiscate
  5. to arrest
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Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

ثَقْف or ثَقَف (ṯaqf or ṯaqafm

  1. verbal noun of ثَقِفَ (ṯaqifa) (form I)
Declension edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ث ق ف
2 terms

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Arabic ثَقَّفَ (ṯaqqafa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /θaq.qaf/, [ˈθɑq.qɑf]
  • (file)

Verb edit

ثقّف (ṯaqqaf) II (present بثقّف (biṯaqqef))

  1. to educate, to acculture

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of ثقّف (ṯaqqaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ثقّفت (ṯaqqaft) ثقّفت (ṯaqqaft) ثقّف (ṯaqqaf) ثقّفنا (ṯaqqafna) ثقّفتو (ṯaqqaftu) ثقّفو (ṯaqqafu)
f ثقّفتي (ṯaqqafti) ثقّفت (ṯaqqafat)
present m بثقّف (baṯaqqef) بتثقّف (bitṯaqqef) بثقّف (biṯaqqef) منثقّف (minṯaqqef) بتثقّفو (bitṯaqqfu) بثقّفو (biṯaqqfu)
f بتثقّفي (bitṯaqqfi) بتثقّف (bitṯaqqef)
subjunctive m اثقّف (aṯaqqef) تثقّف (tṯaqqef) يثقّف (yṯaqqef) نثقّف (nṯaqqef) تثقّفو (tṯaqqfu) يثقّفو (yṯaqqfu)
f تثقّفي (tṯaqqfi) تثقّف (tṯaqqef)
imperative m ثقّف (ṯaqqef) ثقّفو (ṯaqqfu)
f ثقّفي (ṯaqqfi)