رفيع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر ف ع (r-f-ʕ).

Adjective

رَفِيع • (rafīʕ) (feminine رَفِيعَة (rafīʕa), elative أَرْفَع (ʔarfaʕ))

1. lifting up
2. high, elevated, sublime
3. loud, having a loud voice
4. thin, fine, subtle
5. very small

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
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	رَفِيعَات rafīʕāt	الرَّفِيعَات ar-rafīʕāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	رَفِيعَاتٌ rafīʕātun	الرَّفِيعَاتُ ar-rafīʕātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	رَفِيعَاتٍ rafīʕātin	الرَّفِيعَاتِ ar-rafīʕāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	رَفِيعَاتٍ rafīʕātin	الرَّفِيعَاتِ ar-rafīʕāti

References

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