Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ط ر ف (ṭ-r-f)

Derived from the active participle of تَطَرَّفَ (taṭarrafa, to be extreme, to be radical).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

مُتَطَرِّف (mutaṭarrif) (feminine مُتَطَرِّفَة (mutaṭarrifa), masculine plural مُتَطَرِّفُونَ (mutaṭarrifūna), feminine plural مُتَطَرِّفَات (mutaṭarrifāt))

  1. extreme
  2. (politics) radical
  3. (statistics) extreme (value, etc)

Declension edit

Noun edit

مُتَطَرِّف (mutaṭarrifm (plural مُتَطَرِّفُون (mutaṭarrifūn), feminine مُتَطَرِّفَة (mutaṭarrifa))

  1. (politics) extremist, radical

Declension edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “طرف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN