ثقف

See also: تقف, and تفق

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ث ق ف (ṯ-q-f).

Verb

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

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ثقف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Verb

1. to meet
2. to reach
3. to seize, to take hold of
4. to understand
5. to obtain, to find

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ثقف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Verb

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

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ثقف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ثقف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Noun

ثَقْف or ثَقَف • (ṯaqf or ṯaqaf) m

1. verbal noun of ثَقِفَ (ṯaqifa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun ثَقْف (ṯaqf)‎; ثَقَف (ṯaqaf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَقْف‎; ثَقَف ṯaqf‎; ṯaqaf	الثَّقْف‎; الثَّقَف aṯ-ṯaqf‎; aṯ-ṯaqaf	ثَقْف‎; ثَقَف ṯaqf‎; ṯaqaf
Nominative	ثَقْفٌ‎; ثَقَفٌ ṯaqfun‎; ṯaqafun	الثَّقْفُ‎; الثَّقَفُ aṯ-ṯaqfu‎; aṯ-ṯaqafu	ثَقْفُ‎; ثَقَفُ ṯaqfu‎; ṯaqafu
Accusative	ثَقْفًا‎; ثَقَفًا ṯaqfan‎; ṯaqafan	الثَّقْفَ‎; الثَّقَفَ aṯ-ṯaqfa‎; aṯ-ṯaqafa	ثَقْفَ‎; ثَقَفَ ṯaqfa‎; ṯaqafa
Genitive	ثَقْفٍ‎; ثَقَفٍ ṯaqfin‎; ṯaqafin	الثَّقْفِ‎; الثَّقَفِ aṯ-ṯaqfi‎; aṯ-ṯaqafi	ثَقْفِ‎; ثَقَفِ ṯaqfi‎; ṯaqafi