عارف

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of عَرَفَ‎ (ʿarafa, “to know”), from the root ع ر ف‎ (ʿ-r-f).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

عَارِف • (ʿārif) (feminine عَارِفَة‎ (ʿārifa), elative أَعْرَف‎ (ʾaʿraf))

knowing
acquainted, familiar (بِ‎ (bi) with)

Declension

Declension of adjective عَارِف (ʿārif)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَارِف ʿārif	الْعَارِف‎ al-ʿārif	عَارِفَة‎ ʿārifa	الْعَارِفَة‎ al-ʿārifa
Nominative	عَارِفٌ ʿārifun	الْعَارِفُ‎ al-ʿārifu	عَارِفَةٌ‎ ʿārifatun	الْعَارِفَةُ‎ al-ʿārifatu
Accusative	عَارِفًا‎ ʿārifan	الْعَارِفَ‎ al-ʿārifa	عَارِفَةً‎ ʿārifatan	الْعَارِفَةَ‎ al-ʿārifata
Genitive	عَارِفٍ ʿārifin	الْعَارِفِ‎ al-ʿārifi	عَارِفَةٍ‎ ʿārifatin	الْعَارِفَةِ‎ al-ʿārifati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَارِفَيْن‎ ʿārifayn	الْعَارِفَيْن‎ al-ʿārifayn	عَارِفَتَيْن‎ ʿārifatayn	الْعَارِفَتَيْن‎ al-ʿārifatayn
Nominative	عَارِفَانِ‎ ʿārifāni	الْعَارِفَانِ‎ al-ʿārifāni	عَارِفَتَانِ‎ ʿārifatāni	الْعَارِفَتَانِ‎ al-ʿārifatāni
Accusative	عَارِفَيْنِ‎ ʿārifayni	الْعَارِفَيْنِ‎ al-ʿārifayni	عَارِفَتَيْنِ‎ ʿārifatayni	الْعَارِفَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʿārifatayni
Genitive	عَارِفَيْنِ‎ ʿārifayni	الْعَارِفَيْنِ‎ al-ʿārifayni	عَارِفَتَيْنِ‎ ʿārifatayni	الْعَارِفَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʿārifatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	عَارِفَات‎ ʿārifāt	الْعَارِفَات‎ al-ʿārifāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	عَارِفَاتٌ‎ ʿārifātun	الْعَارِفَاتُ‎ al-ʿārifātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	عَارِفَاتٍ‎ ʿārifātin	الْعَارِفَاتِ‎ al-ʿārifāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	عَارِفَاتٍ‎ ʿārifātin	الْعَارِفَاتِ‎ al-ʿārifāti

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “عرف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

عَارِف • (ʿārif) m (feminine عَارِفَة‎ (ʿārifa))

expert, connoisseur
(Tunisia) master

Declension

Declension of noun عَارِف (ʿārif)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَارِف ʿārif	الْعَارِف‎ al-ʿārif	عَارِف ʿārif	عَارِفَة‎ ʿārifa	الْعَارِفَة‎ al-ʿārifa	عَارِفَة‎ ʿārifat
Nominative	عَارِفٌ ʿārifun	الْعَارِفُ‎ al-ʿārifu	عَارِفُ ʿārifu	عَارِفَةٌ‎ ʿārifatun	الْعَارِفَةُ‎ al-ʿārifatu	عَارِفَةُ‎ ʿārifatu
Accusative	عَارِفًا‎ ʿārifan	الْعَارِفَ‎ al-ʿārifa	عَارِفَ ʿārifa	عَارِفَةً‎ ʿārifatan	الْعَارِفَةَ‎ al-ʿārifata	عَارِفَةَ‎ ʿārifata
Genitive	عَارِفٍ ʿārifin	الْعَارِفِ‎ al-ʿārifi	عَارِفِ ʿārifi	عَارِفَةٍ‎ ʿārifatin	الْعَارِفَةِ‎ al-ʿārifati	عَارِفَةِ‎ ʿārifati

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “عرف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

Active participle of عِرِف‎ (ʿirif)

Adjective

عارف • (ʿārif) (feminine عارفة‎ (ʿārfa), plural عارفين‎ (ʿārfīn))

knowing
انتو عارفين انا مين.‎
Intu ʿārfīn ana min.
You (pl.) know who I am.

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَارِف‎ (ʿārif).

Noun

عارف • ('âref) (plural عارفان‎ ('ârefân) or عارف‌ها‎ ('âref-hâ) or عرفا‎ ('orafâ))

mystic, especially a sufi mystic

Proper noun

عارف • ('âref)

A male given name, Aref.

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