تعرف

Compare عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, “to know”).

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تَعَرَّفَ • (taʕarrafa) V (non-past يَتَعَرَّفُ (yataʕarrafu), verbal noun تَعَرُّف (taʕarruf))

1. to become acquainted, with, to meet [with بِ (bi) or إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘someone’]

   تَعَرَّفْنَا فِي الْجَامِعَة. ― taʕarrafnā fī l-jāmiʕa. ― We got to know each other in college.

   عِنْدَمَا الْتَقَيْتُ بِهِ لِأَوَّلِ مَرَّةٍ، بَدَأْنَا نَتَعَرَّفُ عَلَى بَعْضِنَا الْبَعْضِ. ― ʕindamā l-taqaytu bihi liʔawwali marratin, badaʔnā nataʕarrafu ʕalā baʕḍinā l-baʕḍi. ― When I met him for the first time, we started to get to know each other.

2. to recognize [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’]
3. (transitive) to trace, to discover
4. (grammar) (for a noun) to be or to become definite

• Mace, John (2007) “تعرف”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “عرف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

تَعَرُّف • (taʕarruf) m

1. verbal noun of تَعَرَّفَ (taʕarrafa) (form V)

تعرف (form I)

1. تَعْرِفُ (taʕrifu) /taʕ.ri.fu/: inflection of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
2. تُعْرَفُ (tuʕrafu) /tuʕ.ra.fu/: inflection of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
3. تَعْرِفَ (taʕrifa) /taʕ.ri.fa/: inflection of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
4. تُعْرَفَ (tuʕrafa) /tuʕ.ra.fa/: inflection of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
5. تَعْرِفْ (taʕrif) /taʕ.rif/: inflection of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
6. تُعْرَفْ (tuʕraf) /tuʕ.raf/: inflection of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

تعرف (form II)

1. تُعَرِّفُ (tuʕarrifu) /tu.ʕar.ri.fu/: inflection of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
2. تُعَرَّفُ (tuʕarrafu) /tu.ʕar.ra.fu/: inflection of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
3. تُعَرِّفَ (tuʕarrifa) /tu.ʕar.ri.fa/: inflection of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
4. تُعَرَّفَ (tuʕarrafa) /tu.ʕar.ra.fa/: inflection of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
5. تُعَرِّفْ (tuʕarrif) /tu.ʕar.rif/: inflection of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
6. تُعَرَّفْ (tuʕarraf) /tu.ʕar.raf/: inflection of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

From Arabic تَعَرَّفَ (taʕarrafa).

• IPA^(key): /tʕar.raf/, [ɪtˈʕɑrˤ.rˤɑf]

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تعرّف • (tʕarraf) V (present بتعرّف (bitʕarraf), subjunctive يتعرّف (yitʕarraf))

1. to meet, to get to know

   ممكن هاي فرصة تتعرّف على صحاب جداد.

   mumken hāy furṣa titʕarraf ʕala ṣḥāb jdād

   This could be an opportunity to meet new friends.

2. to introduce oneself