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)