ثقف

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See also: تقف and تفق

Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
ث ق ف (ṯ q f)
4 terms

Verb

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ثَقِفَ (ṯaqifa) I (non-past يَثْقَفُ (yaṯqafu), verbal noun ثَقْف (ṯaqf) or ثَقَف (ṯaqaf))
ثَقُفَ (ṯaqufa) I (non-past يَثْقُفُ (yaṯqufu), verbal noun ثَقَافَة (ṯaqāfa))

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

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ثَقِفَ (ṯaqifa) I (non-past يَثْقَفُ (yaṯqafu), verbal noun ثَقَف (ṯaqaf))

  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.
      Translation by Marmaduke Pickthall
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Verb

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ثَقَّفَ (ṯaqqafa) II (non-past يُثَقِّفُ (yuṯaqqifu), verbal noun تَثْقِيف (taṯqīf))

  1. to straighten
  2. to educate, to refine
  3. to correct
  4. to confiscate
  5. to arrest
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Etymology 1.3

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Noun

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ثَقْف or ثَقَف (ṯaqf or ṯaqafm

  1. verbal noun of ثَقِفَ (ṯaqifa) (form I)
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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ث ق ف
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic ثَقَّفَ (ṯaqqafa).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. to educate, to acculture

Conjugation

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    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)