رفيع

Arabic

Root
ر ف ع (r-f-ʕ)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb رَفُعَ (rafuʕa, “to be high; to become thin”).

Adjective

رَفِيع • (rafīʕ) (feminine رَفِيعَة (rafīʕa), masculine plural رَفِيعُونَ (rafīʕūna), feminine plural رَفِيعَات (rafīʕāt), elative أَرْفَع (ʔarfaʕ))

1. (of the character, quality, or reception of a thing, such as a position, a rank, or a style) elevated; high; noble; sublime; fine

   Synonyms: عَال (ʕāl), سَام (sām), شَرِيف (šarīf), نَبِيل (nabīl)

   Antonyms: دَنِيء (danīʔ), مُنْحَطّ (munḥaṭṭ), حَقِير (ḥaqīr), سَافِل (sāfil)

   • a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[1], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, web 1/136, pages 374 m–u:

     وأما أرمينية فإنها كورة جليلة رسمها أرميني بن كنظر بن يافث بن نوح ومنها ترتفع الستور والزَلاليُّ الرفيعة كثيرة الخصائص قصبتها دَبِيل ومن مدنها: بَدْلِيس، خِلَاط، أَرْجِيش، بَرْكَرِي، خُوَيُّ، سَلَمَاس، أُرْمِيَة، دَاخَرَّقَان، مَرَاغَة، أَهْرُ، مَرَنْد، سِنْجَان، قالِيقَلَا، قندرية، قَلْعَة يُونُس، نورين.

     As for Armenia, she is a majestic expanse, originally sketched and contoured by ʾArmīnī, the son of Ashkenaz, himself a descendant of Japheth, one of the sons of Noah. In Armenia, curtains, draperies, and rugs multifarious and fine hang down, the rod being Dabīl. Among her localities are Badlīs [Baghesh], Ḵilāṭ [Xlat], ʾArjīš [Arjesh], [the small town of] Barkarī [east of Ḵilāṭ], Ḵuway [Xoy], Salamās [Salamas], ʾUrmiyah [Urmia], Dāḵarraqān, Marāḡah, ʾAhr, Marand, Sinjān, Qālīqalā, Qandariyyah, Qalʿat Yūnus, Nūrīn.

2. (chiefly post-Classical, of the thickness of an object) thin; fine

   Synonyms: رَقِيق (raqīq), دَقِيق (daqīq), لَطِيف (laṭīf)

   Antonyms: سَمِيك (samīk), ثَخِين (ṯaḵīn)

   1. (of a person) slim; lean

      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ar:underweight

      Antonyms: see Thesaurus:ar:overweight

3. (post-Classical, of someone's voice or, less commonly, any sound) high-pitched; sharp

   Synonym: حَادّ (ḥādd)

4. (obsolete, of someone's voice) raised; loud

   Synonyms: عَالٍ (ʕālin), جَهِير (jahīr)

Declension

Declension of adjective رَفِيع (rafīʕ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَفِيع rafīʕ	الرَّفِيع ar-rafīʕ	رَفِيعَة rafīʕa	الرَّفِيعَة ar-rafīʕa
Nominative	رَفِيعٌ rafīʕun	الرَّفِيعُ ar-rafīʕu	رَفِيعَةٌ rafīʕatun	الرَّفِيعَةُ ar-rafīʕatu
Accusative	رَفِيعًا rafīʕan	الرَّفِيعَ ar-rafīʕa	رَفِيعَةً rafīʕatan	الرَّفِيعَةَ ar-rafīʕata
Genitive	رَفِيعٍ rafīʕin	الرَّفِيعِ ar-rafīʕi	رَفِيعَةٍ rafīʕatin	الرَّفِيعَةِ ar-rafīʕati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَفِيعَيْن rafīʕayn	الرَّفِيعَيْن ar-rafīʕayn	رَفِيعَتَيْن rafīʕatayn	الرَّفِيعَتَيْن ar-rafīʕatayn
Nominative	رَفِيعَانِ rafīʕāni	الرَّفِيعَانِ ar-rafīʕāni	رَفِيعَتَانِ rafīʕatāni	الرَّفِيعَتَانِ ar-rafīʕatāni
Accusative	رَفِيعَيْنِ rafīʕayni	الرَّفِيعَيْنِ ar-rafīʕayni	رَفِيعَتَيْنِ rafīʕatayni	الرَّفِيعَتَيْنِ ar-rafīʕatayni
Genitive	رَفِيعَيْنِ rafīʕayni	الرَّفِيعَيْنِ ar-rafīʕayni	رَفِيعَتَيْنِ rafīʕatayni	الرَّفِيعَتَيْنِ ar-rafīʕatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَفِيعِين rafīʕīn	الرَّفِيعِين ar-rafīʕīn	رَفِيعَات rafīʕāt	الرَّفِيعَات ar-rafīʕāt
Nominative	رَفِيعُونَ rafīʕūna	الرَّفِيعُونَ ar-rafīʕūna	رَفِيعَاتٌ rafīʕātun	الرَّفِيعَاتُ ar-rafīʕātu
Accusative	رَفِيعِينَ rafīʕīna	الرَّفِيعِينَ ar-rafīʕīna	رَفِيعَاتٍ rafīʕātin	الرَّفِيعَاتِ ar-rafīʕāti
Genitive	رَفِيعِينَ rafīʕīna	الرَّفِيعِينَ ar-rafīʕīna	رَفِيعَاتٍ rafīʕātin	الرَّفِيعَاتِ ar-rafīʕāti

References

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ر ف ع
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَفِيع (rafīʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rfiːʕ/, [rfiːʕ]

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Adjective

رفيع • (rfīʕ) (feminine رفيعة (rfīʕa), common plural رفاع (rfāʕ), elative أرفع (ʔarfaʕ))

1. thin, slender, slim (usually something round, but not flat)

   Antonym: (flat object) رقيق (rʔīʔ)

   Antonym: خميل (ḵmīl)

2. high-pitched