شريف

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Arabic

Root
ش ر ف (š r f)
16 terms

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb شَرُفَ (šarufa, to be noble).

Pronunciation

Adjective

شَرِيف (šarīf) (feminine شَرِيفَة (šarīfa), masculine plural شَرِيفُون (šarīfūn) or شُرَفَاء (šurafāʔ) or أَشْرَاف (ʔašrāf), feminine plural شَرِيفَات (šarīfāt) or شَرَائِف (šarāʔif), elative أَشْرَف (ʔašraf))

  1. noble, of noble lineage, honored, celebrated
    • Nizār Tawfīq Qabbānī (1923–1988), "يا فلسطين لا تنادي عليهم" (O Palestine, do not call upon them)
      كَمْ أُعَانِي مِمَّا كَتَبْتُ عَذَابًا
      وَيُعَانِي فِي شَرْقِنَا الشُّرَفَاءُ
      Kam ʾuʿānī mi'm-mā katabtu ʿaḏāba'w
      wa yuʿānī fī šarqina 'š-šurafāʾu
      How much do I suffer as a punishment from what I have written? / And our honoured ones in the East are suffering!
  2. excellent, eminent

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