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عرف

عرف

Arabic

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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

References

  • عرف” in John Mace (2007), Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., ISBN 0-7818-1229-1

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".

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