رفيع
Arabic
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ر ف ع (r f ʕ) |
13 terms |
Etymology
editفَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb رَفُعَ (rafuʕa, “to be high; to become thin”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editرَفِيع • (rafīʕ) (feminine رَفِيعَة (rafīʕa), masculine plural رَفِيعُونَ (rafīʕūna), feminine plural رَفِيعَات (rafīʕāt), elative أَرْفَع (ʔarfaʕ))
- (of the character, quality, or reception of a thing, such as a position, a rank, or a style) elevated; high; noble; sublime; fine
- Synonyms: عَال (ʕāl), سَام (sām), شَرِيف (šarīf), نَبِيل (nabīl)
- Antonyms: دَنِيء (danīʔ), مُنْحَطّ (munḥaṭṭ), حَقِير (ḥaqīr), سَافِل (sāfil)
- a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)[1], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, web 1/136, pages 374 m–u:
- وأما أرمينية فإنها كورة جليلة رسمها أرميني بن كنظر بن يافث بن نوح ومنها ترتفع الستور والزَلاليُّ الرفيعة كثيرة الخصائص قصبتها دَبِيل ومن مدنها: بَدْلِيس، خِلَاط، أَرْجِيش، بَرْكَرِي، خُوَيُّ، سَلَمَاس، أُرْمِيَة، دَاخَرَّقَان، مَرَاغَة، أَهْرُ، مَرَنْد، سِنْجَان، قالِيقَلَا، قندرية، قَلْعَة يُونُس، نورين.
- As for Armenia, she is a majestic expanse, originally sketched and contoured by ʾArmīnī, the son of Ashkenaz, himself a descendant of Japheth, one of the sons of Noah. In Armenia, curtains, draperies, and rugs multifarious and fine hang down, the rod being Dabīl. Among her localities are Badlīs [Baghesh], Ḵilāṭ [Xlat], ʾArjīš [Arjesh], [the small town of] Barkarī [east of Ḵilāṭ], Ḵuway [Xoy], Salamās [Salamas], ʾUrmiyah [Urmia], Dāḵarraqān, Marāḡah, ʾAhr, Marand, Sinjān, Qālīqalā, Qandariyyah, Qalʿat Yūnus, Nūrīn.
- (chiefly post-Classical, of the thickness of an object) thin; fine
- (of a person) slim; lean
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ar:underweight
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:ar:overweight
- (of a person) slim; lean
- (post-Classical, of someone's voice or, less commonly, any sound) high-pitched; sharp
- Synonym: حَادّ (ḥādd)
- (obsolete, of someone's voice) raised; loud
Declension
editDeclension of adjective رَفِيع (rafīʕ)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
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basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | رَفِيع rafīʕ |
الرَّفِيع ar-rafīʕ |
رَفِيعَة rafīʕa |
الرَّفِيعَة ar-rafīʕa |
Nominative | رَفِيعٌ rafīʕun |
الرَّفِيعُ ar-rafīʕu |
رَفِيعَةٌ rafīʕatun |
الرَّفِيعَةُ ar-rafīʕatu |
Accusative | رَفِيعًا rafīʕan |
الرَّفِيعَ ar-rafīʕa |
رَفِيعَةً rafīʕatan |
الرَّفِيعَةَ ar-rafīʕata |
Genitive | رَفِيعٍ rafīʕin |
الرَّفِيعِ ar-rafīʕi |
رَفِيعَةٍ rafīʕatin |
الرَّفِيعَةِ ar-rafīʕati |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | رَفِيعَيْن rafīʕayn |
الرَّفِيعَيْن ar-rafīʕayn |
رَفِيعَتَيْن rafīʕatayn |
الرَّفِيعَتَيْن ar-rafīʕatayn |
Nominative | رَفِيعَانِ rafīʕāni |
الرَّفِيعَانِ ar-rafīʕāni |
رَفِيعَتَانِ rafīʕatāni |
الرَّفِيعَتَانِ ar-rafīʕatāni |
Accusative | رَفِيعَيْنِ rafīʕayni |
الرَّفِيعَيْنِ ar-rafīʕayni |
رَفِيعَتَيْنِ rafīʕatayni |
الرَّفِيعَتَيْنِ ar-rafīʕatayni |
Genitive | رَفِيعَيْنِ rafīʕayni |
الرَّفِيعَيْنِ ar-rafīʕayni |
رَفِيعَتَيْنِ rafīʕatayni |
الرَّفِيعَتَيْنِ ar-rafīʕatayni |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | رَفِيعِين rafīʕīn |
الرَّفِيعِين ar-rafīʕīn |
رَفِيعَات rafīʕāt |
الرَّفِيعَات ar-rafīʕāt |
Nominative | رَفِيعُونَ rafīʕūna |
الرَّفِيعُونَ ar-rafīʕūna |
رَفِيعَاتٌ rafīʕātun |
الرَّفِيعَاتُ ar-rafīʕātu |
Accusative | رَفِيعِينَ rafīʕīna |
الرَّفِيعِينَ ar-rafīʕīna |
رَفِيعَاتٍ rafīʕātin |
الرَّفِيعَاتِ ar-rafīʕāti |
Genitive | رَفِيعِينَ rafīʕīna |
الرَّفِيعِينَ ar-rafīʕīna |
رَفِيعَاتٍ rafīʕātin |
الرَّفِيعَاتِ ar-rafīʕāti |
References
edit- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رفيع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[2], London: W.H. Allen
South Levantine Arabic
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ر ف ع |
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Etymology
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editرفيع • (rfīʕ) (feminine رفيعة (rfīʕa), common plural رفاع (rfāʕ), elative أرفع (ʔarfaʕ))
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