رفع

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Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
ر ف ع (r f ʕ)
13 terms

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ra.fa.ʕa/
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Verb

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رَفَعَ (rafaʕa) I (non-past يَرْفَعُ (yarfaʕu), verbal noun رَفْع (rafʕ))

  1. to lift, to raise aloft, to hoist up, to heave up
    رَفَعَتْ يَدَيْهَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ
    rafaʕat yadayhā ʔilā s-samāʔi
    She lifted her hands toward the sky.
  2. to elevate, to heighten, to exalt, to enhance
  3. to promote in rank
  4. to fly (a kite), to run up (a flag)
  5. to take off, to doff, to tip (one’s hat)
  6. to erect, to set up
  7. to remove, to take away, to end, to lift
  8. to abolish, to eliminate
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Verb

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رَفُعَ (rafuʕa) I (non-past يَرْفُعُ (yarfuʕu), verbal noun رِفْعَة (rifʕa))

  1. to become high, to become elevated, to become exalted (of a person; especially in value, position, esteem, etc.)
  2. to become thin, to become fine (of a garment or piece of cloth)
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Verb

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رَفُعَ (rafuʕa) I (non-past يَرْفُعُ (yarfuʕu), verbal noun تَفَاعَة (tafāʕa))

  1. to become loud in voice (of a person)
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Verb

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رَفَّعَ (raffaʕa) II (non-past يُرَفِّعُ (yuraffiʕu), verbal noun تَرْفِيع (tarfīʕ))

  1. to lift, to raise, to elevate
  2. to celebrate
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Noun

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رَفْع (rafʕm

  1. verbal noun of رَفَعَ (rafaʕa) (form I)
  2. lifting, hoisting
  3. elevation
  4. raising, increasing
  5. erection
  6. abolition, elimination, removal
  7. remedy, remission, lifting
  8. submission, filing
  9. (grammar) pronouncing a final consonant with u as a mark of the nominative case (see desinential inflection) or indicative mood
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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic رَفْع (rafʕ).

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Readings
Classical reading? raf'
Dari reading? raf'
Iranian reading? raf'
Tajik reading? rafʾ

Noun

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رفع (raf')

  1. raising up, lifting, elevating
  2. taking off, setting aside
    رفع حجابraf'-e hejâbtaking off the hijab
  3. removal, abolition, elimination
    رفع بوraf'-e buremoving a stench
    رفع اشتباهraf'-e eštebâhamending errors
  4. resolution, remedying, curing
    رفع اختلافraf'-e extelâfresolution of differences
    رفع گرسنگیraf'-e gorosnegisating one's hunger
    • c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 164”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎[1]:
      خدمت او نعمت و دفع بلاست
      طاعت او راحت و رفع محن
      xidmat-i ō ni'mat u daf'-i balā-st
      tā'at-i ō rāhat u raf'-i mihan
      His service is grace, and the driving away of affliction;
      His righteousness is calm, and the remedy to calamities.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ر ف ع
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic رَفَعَ (rafaʕa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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رفع (rafaʕ) I (present برفع (birfaʕ))

  1. to lift, to raise

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of رفع (rafaʕ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m رفعت (rafaʕt) رفعت (rafaʕt) رفع (rafaʕ) رفعنا (rafaʕna) رفعتو (rafaʕtu) رفعو (rafaʕu)
f رفعتي (rafaʕti) رفعت (rafʕat)
present m برفع (barfaʕ) بترفع (btirfaʕ) برفع (birfaʕ) منرفع (mnirfaʕ) بترفعو (btirfaʕu) برفعو (birfaʕu)
f بترفعي (btirfaʕi) بترفع (btirfaʕ)
subjunctive m أرفع (ʔarfaʕ) ترفع (tirfaʕ) يرفع (yirfaʕ) نرفع (nirfaʕ) ترفعو (tirfaʕu) يرفعو (yirfaʕu)
f ترفعي (tirfaʕi) ترفع (tirfaʕ)
imperative m ارفع (irfaʕ) ارفعو (irfaʕu)
f ارفعي (irfaʕi)

Urdu

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Etymology

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From Arabic رَفَعَ (rafaʕa).

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Noun

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رَفْع (raf'm (Hindi spelling रफ़्अ)

  1. elevation, ascending, exaltation

Adjective

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رَفْع (raf') (Hindi spelling रफ़्अ)

  1. disposition, removal

References

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  • رفع”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • رفع”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.