عرف

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع ر ف (ʕ-r-f).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.ra.fa/
  • (file)

Verb

عَرَفَ (ʕarafa) I, non-past يَعْرِفُ‎ (yaʕrifu)

  1. to know
    هَلْ تَعْرِفُهَا؟hal taʕrifuhā?Do you know her?
    أَعْرِفُ أَنَّهَا دَرَسَتِ الْحُقُوقَ.ʔaʕrifu ʔannahā darasati l-ḥuqūqa.I know that she studied law.
  2. to get to know; to find out; to recognise; to become aware of
    فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ كاذِب.
    faʕaraftu ʔannahu kāḏib.
    That’s when I knew [i.e. found out] that he was lying.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa) II, non-past يُعَرِّفُ‎ (yuʕarrifu)

  1. to tell about, to inform of, to make aware of
  2. to define
  3. (ditransitive) to acquaint with
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

عُرْف (ʕurfm (plural أَعْرَاف (ʔaʕrāf))

  1. tradition

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “عرف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Mace, John (2007) “عرف”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Verb

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  1. to know
    • لقاء سويدان - مش عرفة أنا ليه
      ال اقوله بحبك عارفين رد عليا بأيه؟ متشكر خالص خالص قوى جدا ميرسى.
      I told him "I love you", and do you know what he replied? "Thank you so very very much, merci".

Conjugation

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