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

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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)‎, 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

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ر ف ع
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَفِيع (rafīʕ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rfiːʕ/, [rfiːʕ]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

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
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