معرفة

See also: معرفت, مغرفة, and معرقة

Arabic

Root
ع ر ف (ʕ r f)
16 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʕ.ri.fa/

• Audio:

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Noun

مَعْرِفَة • (maʕrifa) f (plural مَعَارِف (maʕārif) or مَعْرِفَات (maʕrifāt))

1. verbal noun of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa) (form I)
2. knowledge

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:معرفة

3. (grammar) definite

   Antonym: نَكِرَة (nakira)

Declension

Declension of noun مَعْرِفَة (maʕrifa)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَعْرِفَة maʕrifa	الْمَعْرِفَة al-maʕrifa	مَعْرِفَة maʕrifat
nominative	مَعْرِفَةٌ maʕrifatun	الْمَعْرِفَةُ al-maʕrifatu	مَعْرِفَةُ maʕrifatu
accusative	مَعْرِفَةً maʕrifatan	الْمَعْرِفَةَ al-maʕrifata	مَعْرِفَةَ maʕrifata
genitive	مَعْرِفَةٍ maʕrifatin	الْمَعْرِفَةِ al-maʕrifati	مَعْرِفَةِ maʕrifati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَعْرِفَتَيْن maʕrifatayn	الْمَعْرِفَتَيْن al-maʕrifatayn	مَعْرِفَتَيْ maʕrifatay
nominative	مَعْرِفَتَانِ maʕrifatāni	الْمَعْرِفَتَانِ al-maʕrifatāni	مَعْرِفَتَا maʕrifatā
accusative	مَعْرِفَتَيْنِ maʕrifatayni	الْمَعْرِفَتَيْنِ al-maʕrifatayni	مَعْرِفَتَيْ maʕrifatay
genitive	مَعْرِفَتَيْنِ maʕrifatayni	الْمَعْرِفَتَيْنِ al-maʕrifatayni	مَعْرِفَتَيْ maʕrifatay
plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَعَارِف‎; مَعْرِفَات maʕārif‎; maʕrifāt	الْمَعَارِف‎; الْمَعْرِفَات al-maʕārif‎; al-maʕrifāt	مَعَارِف‎; مَعْرِفَات maʕārif‎; maʕrifāt
nominative	مَعَارِفُ‎; مَعْرِفَاتٌ maʕārifu‎; maʕrifātun	الْمَعَارِفُ‎; الْمَعْرِفَاتُ al-maʕārifu‎; al-maʕrifātu	مَعَارِفُ‎; مَعْرِفَاتُ maʕārifu‎; maʕrifātu
accusative	مَعَارِفَ‎; مَعْرِفَاتٍ maʕārifa‎; maʕrifātin	الْمَعَارِفَ‎; الْمَعْرِفَاتِ al-maʕārifa‎; al-maʕrifāti	مَعَارِفَ‎; مَعْرِفَاتِ maʕārifa‎; maʕrifāti
genitive	مَعَارِفَ‎; مَعْرِفَاتٍ maʕārifa‎; maʕrifātin	الْمَعَارِفِ‎; الْمَعْرِفَاتِ al-maʕārifi‎; al-maʕrifāti	مَعَارِفِ‎; مَعْرِفَاتِ maʕārifi‎; maʕrifāti

Antonyms

• نَكِرَة (nakira)

Descendants

• → Armenian: մարիֆաթ (marifatʻ)
• Azerbaijani: mərifət
• → Malay: makrifat
  • → Indonesian: makrifat
• Northern Kurdish: marîfet
• Ottoman Turkish: معرفت (maʼrifet, maʼrıfet)
  • Turkish: marifet
  • → Albanian: marifét
  • → Aromanian: maraféte, maraféti, muraféte, muraféti
  • → Bulgarian: марифе́т (marifét), мариве́т (marivét), мурафе́т (murafét)
  • → Greek: μαραφέτι (maraféti)
  • → Ladino: marafet
  • → Macedonian: марифет (marifet)
  • → Romanian: marifet, marafet
  • → Russian: марафе́т (marafét)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: марѝфет

    Latin script: marìfet

• Persian: معرفت (ma'refat)
  • Tajik: маърифат (maʾrifat)
  • Bengali: মারফত (marfôt)
  • Urdu: معرفت (ma'rifat)
  • Magahi: 𑂧𑂰𑂩𑂹𑂤𑂞 (mārfat)
• Swahili: maarifa
• Uyghur: مەرىپەت (meripet)
• Uzbek: maʼrifat

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ر ف
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْرِفَة (maʕrifa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʕ.ri.fe/, [ˈmaʕ.rɪ.fe]
• IPA^(key): /maʕ.ri.fa/, [ˈmaʕ.rɪ.fa]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Noun

معرفة • (maʕrife) f (plural معارف (maʕāref))

1. knowledge, information

   Synonym: علم (ʔilm)

2. acquaintance, friend