ش ر ف

ش ر ف • (š-r-f)

1. related to honor, nobility and height

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: شَرَفَ‎ (šarafa, “to ennoble, exalt, honour”)
  • Verbal noun: شَرَف‎ (šaraf, “dignity, eminence, high-rank”)
  • Active participle: شَارِف‎ (šārif)
  • Passive participle: مَشْرُوف‎ (mašrūf)
• Form I: شَرُفَ‎ (šarufa, “to be noble, illustrious, or high-ranking”)
  • Active participle: شَارِف‎ (šārif)
• Form II: شَرَّفَ‎ (šarrafa, “to praise, ennoble, honour, homage, visit”)
  • Verbal noun: تَشْرِيف‎ (tašrīf, “augustness, majesty, awe, respect”)
  • Active participle: مُشَرِّف‎ (mušarrif, “honourable”)
  • Passive participle: مُشَرَّف‎ (mušarraf)
• Form III: شَارَفَ‎ (šārafa, “(with على‎) to dominate, to grant view, (with ه‎ (h)) to ascend”)
  • Verbal noun: مُشارَفَة‎ (mušārafa, “supervision, overview”)
  • Active participle: مُشَارِف‎ (mušārif, “heights, hills, elevations”)
  • Passive participle: مُشَارَف‎ (mušāraf)
• Form IV: أَشْرَفَ‎ (ʾašrafa, “to raise, be elevated, (with على‎) to be about to, go towards, (with إلى‎) to aspire, (with على‎) to supervise, control”)
  • Verbal noun: إِشْرَاف‎ (ʾišrāf, “supervisor, overseer”)
  • Active participle: مُشْرِف‎ (mušrif, “elevation, hill, outlook, controller, supervisor”)
  • Passive participle: مُشْرَف‎ (mušraf)
• Form V: تَشَرَّفَ‎ (tašarrafa, “to be distinguished or ennobled”)
  • Verbal noun: تَشَرُّف‎ (tašarruf)
  • Active participle: مُتَشَرِّف‎ (mutašarrif)
  • Passive participle: مُتَشَرَّف‎ (mutašarraf)
• Form VIII: اِشْتَرَفَ‎ (ištarafa, “(with ه‎ (h)) to raise, (reflexive) to erect, straighten, (with إلى‎) to aspire”)
  • Verbal noun: اِشْتِرَاف‎ (ištirāf)
  • Active participle: مُشْتَرِف‎ (muštarif)
  • Passive participle: مُشْتَرَف‎ (muštaraf)
• Form X: اِسْتَشْرَفَ‎ (istašrafa, “(with ه‎ (h)) to raise, (reflexive) to erect, straighten”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِشْرَاف‎ (istišrāf)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَشْرِف‎ (mustašrif)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَشْرَف‎ (mustašraf)

Nouns and adjectives

• شَرِيف‎‎ (šarīf, “noble, excellent”)
• تَشْرِيفَة‎ (tašrīfa, “ceremony”)
• شَرَفِيّ‎ (šarafiyy, “honourary”)
• أَشْرَف‎ (ʾašraf, “embattled, high, large”)
• شُرْفَة‎ (šurfa, “honour, exaltation, distinction”)
• شُرَّافَة‎ (šurrāfa), مُسْتَشْرَف‎ (mustašraf, “balcony, vantage point, loge”)

• Corriente, Federico (2005), “ش ر ف”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 596