معرفة

See also: معرفت, مغرفة, and معرقة

Arabic

Root
ع ر ف (ʕ r f)
16 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʕ.ri.fa/
Audio: (file)

Noun

مَعْرِفَة • (maʕrifa) f (plural مَعَارِف (maʕārif) or مَعْرِفَات (maʕrifāt))

verbal noun of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa) (form I)
knowledge
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:معرفة
(grammar) definite
Antonym: نَكِرَة (nakira)

Declension

Declension of noun **مَعْرِفَة** (maʕrifa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَعْرِفَة maʕrifa	الْمَعْرِفَة al-maʕrifa	مَعْرِفَة maʕrifat
nominative	مَعْرِفَةٌ maʕrifatun	الْمَعْرِفَةُ al-maʕrifatu	مَعْرِفَةُ maʕrifatu
accusative	مَعْرِفَةً maʕrifatan	الْمَعْرِفَةَ al-maʕrifata	مَعْرِفَةَ maʕrifata
genitive	مَعْرِفَةٍ maʕrifatin	الْمَعْرِفَةِ al-maʕrifati	مَعْرِفَةِ maʕrifati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَعْرِفَتَيْن maʕrifatayn	الْمَعْرِفَتَيْن al-maʕrifatayn	مَعْرِفَتَيْ maʕrifatay
nominative	مَعْرِفَتَانِ maʕrifatāni	الْمَعْرِفَتَانِ al-maʕrifatāni	مَعْرِفَتَا maʕrifatā
accusative	مَعْرِفَتَيْنِ maʕrifatayni	الْمَعْرِفَتَيْنِ al-maʕrifatayni	مَعْرِفَتَيْ maʕrifatay
genitive	مَعْرِفَتَيْنِ maʕrifatayni	الْمَعْرِفَتَيْنِ al-maʕrifatayni	مَعْرِفَتَيْ maʕrifatay
plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَعَارِف‎; مَعْرِفَات maʕārif‎; maʕrifāt	الْمَعَارِف‎; الْمَعْرِفَات al-maʕārif‎; al-maʕrifāt	مَعَارِف‎; مَعْرِفَات maʕārif‎; maʕrifāt
nominative	مَعَارِفُ‎; مَعْرِفَاتٌ maʕārifu‎; maʕrifātun	الْمَعَارِفُ‎; الْمَعْرِفَاتُ al-maʕārifu‎; al-maʕrifātu	مَعَارِفُ‎; مَعْرِفَاتُ maʕārifu‎; maʕrifātu
accusative	مَعَارِفَ‎; مَعْرِفَاتٍ maʕārifa‎; maʕrifātin	الْمَعَارِفَ‎; الْمَعْرِفَاتِ al-maʕārifa‎; al-maʕrifāti	مَعَارِفَ‎; مَعْرِفَاتِ maʕārifa‎; maʕrifāti
genitive	مَعَارِفَ‎; مَعْرِفَاتٍ maʕārifa‎; maʕrifātin	الْمَعَارِفِ‎; الْمَعْرِفَاتِ al-maʕārifi‎; al-maʕrifāti	مَعَارِفِ‎; مَعْرِفَاتِ maʕārifi‎; maʕrifāti

Antonyms

نَكِرَة (nakira)

Descendants

→ Armenian: մարիֆաթ (marifatʻ)
Azerbaijani: mərifət
→ Malay: makrifat
- → Indonesian: makrifat
Northern Kurdish: marîfet
Ottoman Turkish: معرفت (maʼrifet, maʼrıfet)
- Turkish: marifet
- → Albanian: marifét
- → Aromanian: maraféte, maraféti, muraféte, muraféti
- → Bulgarian: марифе́т (marifét), мариве́т (marivét), мурафе́т (murafét)
- → Greek: μαραφέτι (maraféti)
- → Ladino: marafet
- → Macedonian: марифет (marifet)
- → Romanian: marifet, marafet
- → Russian: марафе́т (marafét)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: марѝфет
  Latin script: marìfet
Persian: معرفت (ma'refat)
- Tajik: маърифат (ma'rifat)
- Bengali: মারফত (marfôt)
- Urdu: معرفت (ma'rifat)
- Magahi: 𑂧𑂰𑂩𑂹𑂤𑂞 (mārfat)
Swahili: maarifa
Uyghur: مەرىپەت (meripet)
Uzbek: maʼrifat

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ر ف
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْرِفَة (maʕrifa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʕ.ri.fe/, [ˈmaʕ.rɪ.fe]
IPA^(key): /maʕ.ri.fa/, [ˈmaʕ.rɪ.fa]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

معرفة • (maʕrife) f (plural معارف (maʕāref))

knowledge, information
Synonym: علم (ʔilm)
acquaintance, friend