راف

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Moroccan Arabic

Root
ر و ف
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic رَأَفَ (raʔafa).

Pronunciation

Verb

راف • (rāf) I (non-past يروف (yrūf), active participle رايف (rāyif), passive participle مريوف (maryūf))

  1. to have mercy, to be merciful, to be compassionate
    Synonyms: شفق (šfaq), عطف (ʕṭaf)
  2. to give money
    Synonyms: دور (dawwar), عطى القهوة (ʕtā l-qahwa)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of راف
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m رفت (ruft) رفتي (rufti) راف (rāf) رفنا (rufna) رفتوا (ruftu) رافوا (rāfu)
f رافت (rāfet)
non-past m نروف (nrūf) تروف (trūf) يروف (yrūf) نروفوا (nrūfu) تروفوا (trūfu) يروفوا (yrūfu)
f تروفي (trūfi) تروف (trūf)
imperative m روف (rūf) روفوا (rūfu)
f روفي (rūfi)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَفّ (raff, “shelf”).

Noun

راف • (raf)

  1. shelf, ledge, each of the boards which form partitions in a cupboard

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: raf
  • → Albanian: raft
  • → Armenian: ըռաֆ (əṙaf), ռաֆ (ṙaf)
  • → Bulgarian: рафт (raft)
  • → Greek: ράφι (ráfi)
  • → Romanian: raft
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ра̏ф
    Latin script: rȁf

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