عرف
Arabic edit
Etymology 1 edit
Root |
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ع ر ف (ʕ-r-f) |
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
عَرَفَ • (ʕarafa) I, non-past يَعْرِفُ (yaʕrifu) (transitive)
- to be familiar with (a person, a place, a piece of news or information, and so on); to know
- Synonym: خَبُرَ (ḵabura)
- Antonyms: أَنْكَرَ (ʔankara), جَهِلَ (jahila)
- Coordinate terms: عَلِمَ (ʕalima), دَرَى (darā)
- هَلْ تَعْرِفُهَا؟
- hal taʕrifuhā?
- Do you know her?
- أَعْرِفُ أَنَّهَا دَرَسَتِ الْحُقُوقَ.
- ʔaʕrifu ʔannahā darasati l-ḥuqūqa.
- I know that she studied law.
- to be familiar with (a skill or profession); to be experienced in; to be proficient at or in; can
- Synonym: أَجَادَ (ʔajāda, “to excel at”)
- هُوَ عَارِفٌ بِالْيَابَانِيَّةِ
- huwa ʕārifun bi-l-yābāniyyati
- He is proficient in Japanese.
- أَعْرِفُ الْعَزْفَ وَالْغِنَاءَ.
- ʔaʕrifu al-ʕazfa wālḡināʔa.
- I know how to sing and play music.
- هُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ السِّبَاحَةَ.
- hum lā yaʕrifūna as-sibāḥata.
- They cannot swim.
- to recognise (a person, a place, and so on); to identify; to recall
- Synonym: تَذَكَّرَ (taḏakkara, “to remember”)
- .أَرَيْتُهَا صُورَتَهُ فَلَمْ تَعْرِفْهُ
- .ʔaraytuhā ṣūratahu falam taʕrifhu
- I showed her his picture, but she could not recognize him.
- to become aware of; to find out
- Synonym: أَدْرَكَ (ʔadraka)
- فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ كاذِبٌ.
- faʕaraftu ʔannahu kāḏibun.
- That is when I knew he was lying.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of
عَرَفَ
(form-I sound, verbal nouns مَعْرِفَة or عِرْفَان)verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر |
maʕrifa or ʕirfān | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
ʕārif | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
maʕrūf | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ʕaraftu |
ʕarafta |
عَرَفَ ʕarafa |
ʕaraftumā |
ʕarafā |
ʕarafnā |
ʕaraftum |
ʕarafū | |||
f | ʕarafti |
ʕarafat |
ʕarafatā |
ʕaraftunna |
ʕarafna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔaʕrifu |
taʕrifu |
yaʕrifu |
taʕrifāni |
yaʕrifāni |
naʕrifu |
taʕrifūna |
yaʕrifūna | |||
f | taʕrifīna |
taʕrifu |
taʕrifāni |
taʕrifna |
yaʕrifna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔaʕrifa |
taʕrifa |
yaʕrifa |
taʕrifā |
yaʕrifā |
naʕrifa |
taʕrifū |
yaʕrifū | |||
f | taʕrifī |
taʕrifa |
taʕrifā |
taʕrifna |
yaʕrifna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔaʕrif |
taʕrif |
yaʕrif |
taʕrifā |
yaʕrifā |
naʕrif |
taʕrifū |
yaʕrifū | |||
f | taʕrifī |
taʕrif |
taʕrifā |
taʕrifna |
yaʕrifna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر |
m | iʕrif |
iʕrifā |
iʕrifū |
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f | iʕrifī |
iʕrifna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ʕuriftu |
ʕurifta |
عُرِفَ ʕurifa |
ʕuriftumā |
ʕurifā |
ʕurifnā |
ʕuriftum |
ʕurifū | |||
f | ʕurifti |
ʕurifat |
ʕurifatā |
ʕuriftunna |
ʕurifna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔuʕrafu |
tuʕrafu |
yuʕrafu |
tuʕrafāni |
yuʕrafāni |
nuʕrafu |
tuʕrafūna |
yuʕrafūna | |||
f | tuʕrafīna |
tuʕrafu |
tuʕrafāni |
tuʕrafna |
yuʕrafna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔuʕrafa |
tuʕrafa |
yuʕrafa |
tuʕrafā |
yuʕrafā |
nuʕrafa |
tuʕrafū |
yuʕrafū | |||
f | tuʕrafī |
tuʕrafa |
tuʕrafā |
tuʕrafna |
yuʕrafna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔuʕraf |
tuʕraf |
yuʕraf |
tuʕrafā |
yuʕrafā |
nuʕraf |
tuʕrafū |
yuʕrafū | |||
f | tuʕrafī |
tuʕraf |
tuʕrafā |
tuʕrafna |
yuʕrafna |
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
عَرَّفَ • (ʕarrafa) II, non-past يُعَرِّفُ (yuʕarrifu)
- (transitive) to define
- (ditransitive) to tell about, to inform of, to make aware of; to acquaint with, to introduce to
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of
عَرَّفَ
(form-II sound)verbal noun الْمَصْدَر |
taʕrīf | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
muʕarrif | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
muʕarraf | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ʕarraftu |
ʕarrafta |
عَرَّفَ ʕarrafa |
ʕarraftumā |
ʕarrafā |
ʕarrafnā |
ʕarraftum |
ʕarrafū | |||
f | ʕarrafti |
ʕarrafat |
ʕarrafatā |
ʕarraftunna |
ʕarrafna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔuʕarrifu |
tuʕarrifu |
yuʕarrifu |
tuʕarrifāni |
yuʕarrifāni |
nuʕarrifu |
tuʕarrifūna |
yuʕarrifūna | |||
f | tuʕarrifīna |
tuʕarrifu |
tuʕarrifāni |
tuʕarrifna |
yuʕarrifna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔuʕarrifa |
tuʕarrifa |
yuʕarrifa |
tuʕarrifā |
yuʕarrifā |
nuʕarrifa |
tuʕarrifū |
yuʕarrifū | |||
f | tuʕarrifī |
tuʕarrifa |
tuʕarrifā |
tuʕarrifna |
yuʕarrifna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔuʕarrif |
tuʕarrif |
yuʕarrif |
tuʕarrifā |
yuʕarrifā |
nuʕarrif |
tuʕarrifū |
yuʕarrifū | |||
f | tuʕarrifī |
tuʕarrif |
tuʕarrifā |
tuʕarrifna |
yuʕarrifna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر |
m | عَرِّفْ ʕarrif |
ʕarrifā |
ʕarrifū |
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f | ʕarrifī |
ʕarrifna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ʕurriftu |
ʕurrifta |
عُرِّفَ ʕurrifa |
ʕurriftumā |
ʕurrifā |
ʕurrifnā |
ʕurriftum |
ʕurrifū | |||
f | ʕurrifti |
ʕurrifat |
ʕurrifatā |
ʕurriftunna |
ʕurrifna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔuʕarrafu |
tuʕarrafu |
yuʕarrafu |
tuʕarrafāni |
yuʕarrafāni |
nuʕarrafu |
tuʕarrafūna |
yuʕarrafūna | |||
f | tuʕarrafīna |
tuʕarrafu |
tuʕarrafāni |
tuʕarrafna |
yuʕarrafna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔuʕarrafa |
tuʕarrafa |
yuʕarrafa |
tuʕarrafā |
yuʕarrafā |
nuʕarrafa |
tuʕarrafū |
yuʕarrafū | |||
f | tuʕarrafī |
tuʕarrafa |
tuʕarrafā |
tuʕarrafna |
yuʕarrafna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔuʕarraf |
tuʕarraf |
yuʕarraf |
tuʕarrafā |
yuʕarrafā |
nuʕarraf |
tuʕarrafū |
yuʕarrafū | |||
f | tuʕarrafī |
tuʕarraf |
tuʕarrafā |
tuʕarrafna |
yuʕarrafna |
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
عُرْف • (ʕurf) m (plural أَعْرَاف (ʔaʕrāf)) (countable)
- a practice that is widely known somewhere or in some group; a convention; custom; a tradition
- Synonym: سُنَّة (sunna, “a characteristic practice, especially one that is popularized or enforced”)
- the crest or comb of a rooster, a cockscomb
Descendants edit
- → Northern Kurdish: urf
- → Ottoman Turkish: عرف (ʿörf)
- > Turkish: örf (inherited)
- → Uyghur: ئۇرپ (urp)
- → Uzbek: urf
Etymology 4 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
عَرْف • (ʕarf) m
Descendants edit
- → Swahili: harufu
References edit
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “عرف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
- Mace, John (2007) “عرف”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
Egyptian Arabic edit
Root |
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ع ر ف |
1 term |
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
عرف • (ʕirif) I (non-past يعرف (yiʕraf))
- to know
- to recognize, to distinguish
- to discover, to find out
- to show consideration for
- to have the ability, to be able
- للأسف معرفتش أصور في الحفلة.
- li-l-ʔasaf ma-ʕriftiš ʔaṣawwir fi-l-ḥafla
- Unfortunately I couldn't film in the party.
- to be familiar with; to be proficient in; to be conversant with [+ ل (object)]
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of عرف (form-I sound)
verbal noun | ||||||||
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active participle | عارف (ʕārif) | |||||||
passive participle | معروف (maʕrūf) | |||||||
singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | عرفت (ʕirift) |
عرفت (ʕirift) |
عرف (ʕirif) |
عرفنا (ʕirifna) |
عرفتوا (ʕiriftu) |
عرفوا (ʕirfu) | |
f | عرفتي (ʕirifti) |
عرفت (ʕirfit) | ||||||
present subjunctive |
m | اعرف (aʕraf) |
تعرف (tiʕraf) |
يعرف (yiʕraf) |
نعرف (niʕraf) |
تعرفوا (tiʕrafu) |
يعرفوا (yiʕrafu) | |
f | تعرفي (tiʕrafi) |
تعرف (tiʕraf) | ||||||
present indicative |
m | بعرف (baʕraf) |
بتعرف (bitiʕraf) |
بيعرف (biyiʕraf) |
بنعرف (biniʕraf) |
بتعرفوا (bitiʕrafu) |
بيعرفوا (biyiʕrafu) | |
f | بتعرفي (bitiʕrafi) |
بتعرف (bitiʕraf) | ||||||
future | m | حعرف (ḥaʕraf) |
حتعرف (ḥatiʕraf) |
حيعرف (ḥayiʕraf) |
حنعرف (ḥaniʕraf) |
حتعرفوا (ḥatiʕrafu) |
حيعرفوا (ḥayiʕrafu) | |
f | حتعرفي (ḥatiʕrafi) |
حتعرف (ḥatiʕraf) | ||||||
imperative | m | اعرف (iʕraf) |
اعرفوا (iʕrafu) |
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f | اعرفي (iʕrafi) |
Hijazi Arabic edit
Root |
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ع ر ف |
1 term |
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
عِرِف • (ʕirif) I (non-past يِعْرِف (yiʕrif))
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of عرف (ʕirif) | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | عرفت (ʕirift) | عرفت (ʕirift) | عرف (ʕirif) | عرفنا (ʕirifna) | عرفتوا (ʕiriftu) | عرفوا (ʕirfu) | |
f | عرفتي (ʕirifti) | عرفت (ʕirfat) | ||||||
non-past | m | أعرف (ʔaʕrif) | تعرف (tiʕrif) | يعرف (yiʕrif) | نعرف (niʕrif) | تعرفوا (tiʕrifu) | يعرفوا (yiʕrifu) | |
f | تعرفي (tiʕrifi) | تعرف (tiʕrif) | ||||||
imperative | m | اعرف (aʕrif) | اعرفوا (aʕrifu) | |||||
f | اعرفي (aʕrifi) |
Etymology 2 edit
From Arabic عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
عَرَّف • (ʕarraf) II (non-past يِعَرِّف (yiʕarrif))
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of عرف (ʕarraf) | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | عرفت (ʕarraft) | عرفت (ʕarraft) | عرف (ʕarraf) | عرفنا (ʕarrafna) | عرفتوا (ʕarraftu) | عرفوا (ʕarrafu) | |
f | عرفتي (ʕarrafti) | عرفت (ʕarrafat) | ||||||
non-past | m | أعرف (ʔaʕarrif) | تعرف (tiʕarrif) | يعرف (yiʕarrif) | نعرف (niʕarrif) | تعرفوا (tiʕarrifu) | يعرفوا (yiʕarrifu) | |
f | تعرفي (tiʕarrifi) | تعرف (tiʕarrif) | ||||||
imperative | m | عرف (ʕarrif) | عرفوا (ʕarrifu) | |||||
f | عرفي (ʕarrifi) |
Moroccan Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Root |
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ع ر ف |
1 term |
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
عرف • (ʕraf) I (non-past يعرف (yiʕraf))
- to know
Conjugation edit
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South Levantine Arabic edit
Root |
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ع ر ف |
6 terms |
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
عرف • (ʕirif) I (present بعرف (biʕrif), active participle عارف (ʕāref))
Usage notes edit
- Like عمل (ʕimil), non-past forms may use “a” as the core vowel and in the prefix, so forms like بِعْرَف (beʕraf) and بْيَعْرِف (byaʕref) are possible as well.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of عرف (ʕirif) | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | عرفت (ʕrift) | عرفت (ʕrift) | عرف (ʕirif) | عرفنا (ʕrifna) | عرفتو (ʕriftu) | عرفو (ʕirfu) | |
f | عرفتي (ʕrifti) | عرفت (ʕirfat) | ||||||
present | m | بعرف (baʕrif) | بتعرف (btiʕrif) | بعرف (biʕrif) | منعرف (mniʕrif) | بتعرفو (btiʕrifu) | بعرفو (biʕrifu) | |
f | بتعرفي (btiʕrifi) | بتعرف (btiʕrif) | ||||||
subjunctive | m | أعرف (ʔaʕrif) | تعرف (tiʕrif) | يعرف (yiʕrif) | نعرف (niʕrif) | تعرفو (tiʕrifu) | يعرفو (yiʕrifu) | |
f | تعرفي (tiʕrifi) | تعرف (tiʕrif) | ||||||
imperative | m | اعرف (iʕrif) | اعرفو (iʕrifu) | |||||
f | اعرفي (iʕrifi) |
Etymology 2 edit
From Arabic عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
عرّف • (ʕarraf) II (present بعرّف (biʕarref))
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of عرّف (ʕarraf) | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | عرّفت (ʕarraft) | عرّفت (ʕarraft) | عرّف (ʕarraf) | عرّفنا (ʕarrafna) | عرّفتو (ʕarraftu) | عرّفو (ʕarrafu) | |
f | عرّفتي (ʕarrafti) | عرّفت (ʕarrafat) | ||||||
present | m | بعرّف (baʕarref) | بتعرّف (bitʕarref) | بعرّف (biʕarref) | منعرّف (minʕarref) | بتعرّفو (bitʕarrfu) | بعرّفو (biʕarrfu) | |
f | بتعرّفي (bitʕarrfi) | بتعرّف (bitʕarref) | ||||||
subjunctive | m | اعرّف (aʕarref) | تعرّف (tʕarref) | يعرّف (yʕarref) | نعرّف (nʕarref) | تعرّفو (tʕarrfu) | يعرّفو (yʕarrfu) | |
f | تعرّفي (tʕarrfi) | تعرّف (tʕarref) | ||||||
imperative | m | عرّف (ʕarref) | عرّفو (ʕarrfu) | |||||
f | عرّفي (ʕarrfi) |