تعرف

Arabic

Etymology 1

Compare عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, “to know”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

تَعَرَّفَ • (taʕarrafa) V, non-past يَتَعَرَّفُ‎ (yataʕarrafu)

1. to become acquainted (بِ (bi) or إِلَى (ʔilā) with someone), to meet

   تَعَرَّفْنَا فِي الْجَامِعَة. ― taʕarrafnā fī l-jāmiʕa. ― We got to know each other in college.

   عِنْدَمَا التَقَيْتُ بِهِ لأَوَّلِ مَرَّةٍ، بَدَأْنَا نَتَعَرَّفُ عَلَى بَعْضِنَا الْبَعْضِ.

   When I met him for the first time, we started to get to know each other.

2. to recognize (عَلَى (ʕalā) someone)
3. (transitive) to trace, to discover

Conjugation

References

• Mace, John (2007) “تعرف”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

تَعَرُّف • (taʕarruf) m

1. verbal noun of تَعَرَّفَ (taʕarrafa) (form V)

Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

تَعْرِفُ • (taʕrifu) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa)

Verb

تَعْرِفَ • (taʕrifa) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa)

Verb

تَعْرِفْ • (taʕrif) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa)

Verb

تُعْرَفُ • (tuʕrafu) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa)

Verb

تُعْرَفَ • (tuʕrafa) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa)

Verb

تُعْرَفْ • (tuʕraf) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa)

Etymology 4

Verb

تُعَرِّفُ • (tuʕarrifu) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa)

Verb

تُعَرِّفَ • (tuʕarrifa) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa)

Verb

تُعَرِّفْ • (tuʕarrif) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa)

Verb

تُعَرَّفُ • (tuʕarrafu) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa)

Verb

تُعَرَّفَ • (tuʕarrafa) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa)

Verb

تُعَرَّفْ • (tuʕarraf) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تَعَرَّفَ (taʕarrafa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʕar.raf/,

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Verb

تعرّف • (tʕarraf) V (present بتعرّف (bitʕarraf), subjunctive يتعرّف (yitʕarraf))

1. to meet, to get to know

   ممكن هاي فرصة تتعرّف على صحاب جداد.

   mumken hāy furṣa titʕarraf ʕala ṣḥāb jdād

   This could be an opportunity to meet new friends.

2. to introduce oneself

Conjugation