عرفي

See also: عرقي and عرفی

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of عُرْف (ʕurf, “convention, custom”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕur.fijj/

Adjective

عُرْفِيّ • (ʕurfiyy) (feminine عُرْفِيَّة (ʕurfiyya), masculine plural عُرْفِيُّونَ (ʕurfiyyūna), feminine plural عُرْفِيَّات (ʕurfiyyāt))

(rare) conventional; customary
Synonyms: تَقْلِيدِيّ (taqlīdiyy), مُعْتَاد (muʕtād), مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf)
(law, Islam, of a marriage, often derogatory) being by habit and repute though religiously or legally unsanctioned or unrecognized (as for lacking some requirement or condition as per some school of jurisprudence); invalidly contracted; informal
Synonym: فَاسِد (fāsid)

Coordinate terms: رَسْمِيّ (rasmiyy, “formal”), شَرْعِيّ (šarʕiyy, “religious sanctioned; Islamic”)
(law) customary, private, tribal; mundane, secular, worldly
Coordinate terms: رَسْمِيّ (rasmiyy), شَرْعِيّ (šarʕiyy)

مَحْكَمَة عُرْفِيَّة
maḥkama(t) ʕurfiyya
customary court, customary tribunal
(law) martial, military, relating to the particular law of soldiers
مَحْكَمَة عُرْفِيَّة
maḥkama(t) ʕurfiyya
court martial, military court

Declension

Declension of adjective عُرْفِيّ (ʕurfiyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عُرْفِي ʕurfī	الْعُرْفِي al-ʕurfī	عُرْفِيَّة ʕurfiyya	الْعُرْفِيَّة al-ʕurfiyya
Nominative	عُرْفِيٌّ ʕurfiyyun	الْعُرْفِيُّ al-ʕurfiyyu	عُرْفِيَّةٌ ʕurfiyyatun	الْعُرْفِيَّةُ al-ʕurfiyyatu
Accusative	عُرْفِيًّا ʕurfiyyan	الْعُرْفِيَّ al-ʕurfiyya	عُرْفِيَّةً ʕurfiyyatan	الْعُرْفِيَّةَ al-ʕurfiyyata
Genitive	عُرْفِيٍّ ʕurfiyyin	الْعُرْفِيِّ al-ʕurfiyyi	عُرْفِيَّةٍ ʕurfiyyatin	الْعُرْفِيَّةِ al-ʕurfiyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عُرْفِيَّيْن ʕurfiyyayn	الْعُرْفِيَّيْن al-ʕurfiyyayn	عُرْفِيَّتَيْن ʕurfiyyatayn	الْعُرْفِيَّتَيْن al-ʕurfiyyatayn
Nominative	عُرْفِيَّانِ ʕurfiyyāni	الْعُرْفِيَّانِ al-ʕurfiyyāni	عُرْفِيَّتَانِ ʕurfiyyatāni	الْعُرْفِيَّتَانِ al-ʕurfiyyatāni
Accusative	عُرْفِيَّيْنِ ʕurfiyyayni	الْعُرْفِيَّيْنِ al-ʕurfiyyayni	عُرْفِيَّتَيْنِ ʕurfiyyatayni	الْعُرْفِيَّتَيْنِ al-ʕurfiyyatayni
Genitive	عُرْفِيَّيْنِ ʕurfiyyayni	الْعُرْفِيَّيْنِ al-ʕurfiyyayni	عُرْفِيَّتَيْنِ ʕurfiyyatayni	الْعُرْفِيَّتَيْنِ al-ʕurfiyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عُرْفِيِّين ʕurfiyyīn	الْعُرْفِيِّين al-ʕurfiyyīn	عُرْفِيَّات ʕurfiyyāt	الْعُرْفِيَّات al-ʕurfiyyāt
Nominative	عُرْفِيُّونَ ʕurfiyyūna	الْعُرْفِيُّونَ al-ʕurfiyyūna	عُرْفِيَّاتٌ ʕurfiyyātun	الْعُرْفِيَّاتُ al-ʕurfiyyātu
Accusative	عُرْفِيِّينَ ʕurfiyyīna	الْعُرْفِيِّينَ al-ʕurfiyyīna	عُرْفِيَّاتٍ ʕurfiyyātin	الْعُرْفِيَّاتِ al-ʕurfiyyāti
Genitive	عُرْفِيِّينَ ʕurfiyyīna	الْعُرْفِيِّينَ al-ʕurfiyyīna	عُرْفِيَّاتٍ ʕurfiyyātin	الْعُرْفِيَّاتِ al-ʕurfiyyāti

Etymology 2

Verb

عَرِّفِي • (ʕarrifī) (form II) /ʕar.ri.fiː/

second-person feminine singular imperative of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa)