Arabic

Verb

ثَقِفَ • ‎(ṯaqifa) I, non-past يَثْقَفُ‎ (yaṯqafu)
ثَقُفَ • ‎(ṯaqufa) I, non-past يَثْقُفُ‎ (yaṯqufu)

1. to have a sharp and penetrating intellect
2. to be clever and successful
3. to surpass in intellect

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ثقف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Verb

ثَقِفَ • ‎(ṯaqifa) I, non-past يَثْقَفُ‎ (yaṯqafu)

1. to meet
2. to reach
3. to seize, to take hold of
4. to understand
5. to obtain, to find

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ثقف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Verb

ثَقَّفَ • ‎(ṯaqqafa) II, non-past يُثَقِّفُ‎ (yuṯaqqifu)

1. to straighten
2. to educate, to refine
3. to correct
4. to confiscate
5. to arrest

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ثقف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ثقف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 3

Noun

ثَقْف or ثَقَف • ‎(ṯaqf or ṯaqaf) m

1. verbal noun of ثَقِفَ ‎(ṯaqifa) (form I)

Declension