عرف

See also: غرف, عرق, غرق, ع ر ف, ع ر ق, and غ ر ق

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع ر ف (ʿ-r-f).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.ra.fa/
  • (file)

Verb

عَرَفَ (ʿarafa) I, non-past يَعْرِفُ‎ (yaʿrifu)

  1. to know
    هَلْ تَعْرِفُهَا؟hal taʿrifuhā?Do you know her?
    أَعْرِفُ أَنَّهَا دَرَسَتِ الْحُقُوقَ.ʾaʿrifu ʾannahā darasati l-ḥuqūqa.I know that she studied law.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕar.ra.fa/

Verb

عَرَّفَ (ʿarrafa) II, non-past يُعَرِّفُ‎ (yuʿarrifu)

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣurf/

Noun

عُرْف (ʿurf) m (plural أَعْرَاف (ʾaʿrāf))

  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

عرف (ʿirif) (perfect, imperfect يعرف (yiʿraf), Verb form I)

  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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