معرفة

See also: معرفت, مغرفة, and معرقة

Arabic

Root
ع ر ف (ʕ-r-f)

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

مَعْرِفَة • (maʕrifa) f (plural مَعَارِف (maʕārif) or مَعْرِفَات (maʕrifāt))

verbal noun of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa) (form I)
knowledge
(grammar) definite
Antonym: نَكِرَة (nakira)

Declension

Declension of noun مَعْرِفَة (maʕrifa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعْرِفَة maʕrifa	الْمَعْرِفَة al-maʕrifa	مَعْرِفَة maʕrifat
Nominative	مَعْرِفَةٌ maʕrifatun	الْمَعْرِفَةُ al-maʕrifatu	مَعْرِفَةُ maʕrifatu
Accusative	مَعْرِفَةً maʕrifatan	الْمَعْرِفَةَ al-maʕrifata	مَعْرِفَةَ maʕrifata
Genitive	مَعْرِفَةٍ maʕrifatin	الْمَعْرِفَةِ al-maʕrifati	مَعْرِفَةِ maʕrifati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعْرِفَتَيْن maʕrifatayn	الْمَعْرِفَتَيْن al-maʕrifatayn	مَعْرِفَتَيْ maʕrifatay
Nominative	مَعْرِفَتَانِ maʕrifatāni	الْمَعْرِفَتَانِ al-maʕrifatāni	مَعْرِفَتَا maʕrifatā
Accusative	مَعْرِفَتَيْنِ maʕrifatayni	الْمَعْرِفَتَيْنِ al-maʕrifatayni	مَعْرِفَتَيْ maʕrifatay
Genitive	مَعْرِفَتَيْنِ maʕrifatayni	الْمَعْرِفَتَيْنِ al-maʕrifatayni	مَعْرِفَتَيْ maʕrifatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعَارِف‎; مَعْرِفَات maʕārif‎; maʕrifāt	الْمَعَارِف‎; الْمَعْرِفَات al-maʕārif‎; al-maʕrifāt	مَعَارِف‎; مَعْرِفَات maʕārif‎; maʕrifāt
Nominative	مَعَارِفُ‎; مَعْرِفَاتٌ maʕārifu‎; maʕrifātun	الْمَعَارِفُ‎; الْمَعْرِفَاتُ al-maʕārifu‎; al-maʕrifātu	مَعَارِفُ‎; مَعْرِفَاتُ maʕārifu‎; maʕrifātu
Accusative	مَعَارِفَ‎; مَعْرِفَاتٍ maʕārifa‎; maʕrifātin	الْمَعَارِفَ‎; الْمَعْرِفَاتِ al-maʕārifa‎; al-maʕrifāti	مَعَارِفَ‎; مَعْرِفَاتِ maʕārifa‎; maʕrifāti
Genitive	مَعَارِفَ‎; مَعْرِفَاتٍ maʕārifa‎; maʕrifātin	الْمَعَارِفِ‎; الْمَعْرِفَاتِ al-maʕārifi‎; al-maʕrifāti	مَعَارِفِ‎; مَعْرِفَاتِ maʕārifi‎; maʕrifāti

Antonyms

نَكِرَة (nakira)

Descendants

→ Armenian: մարիֆաթ (marifatʻ)
Azerbaijani: mərifət
Northern Kurdish: marîfet
Ottoman Turkish: معرفت (maʼrifet, maʼrıfet)
- Turkish: marifet
- → Albanian: marifét
- → Aromanian: maraféte, maraféti, muraféte, muraféti
- → Bulgarian: марифе́т (marifét), мариве́т (marivét), мурафе́т (murafét)
- → Greek: μαραφέτι (maraféti)
- → Ladino: marafet
- → Macedonian: марифет (marifet)
- → Romanian: marifet, marafet
- → Russian: марафе́т (marafét)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: марѝфет
  Latin script: marìfet
Persian: معرفت (ma'refat)
- Tajik: маърифат (maʾrifat)
- Bengali: মারফত (marfôt)
- Urdu: معرفت (ma'rifat)
- Magahi: 𑂧𑂰𑂩𑂹𑂤𑂞 (mārfat)
Swahili: maarifa

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ر ف
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْرِفَة (maʕrifa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʕ.ri.fe/, [ˈmaʕ.rɪ.fe]

IPA^(key): /maʕ.ri.fa/, [ˈmaʕ.rɪ.fa]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)

Noun

معرفة • (maʕrife) f (plural معارف (maʕāref))

knowledge, information
Synonym: علم (ʔilm)
acquaintance, friend

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