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ح-ر-ف
The Arabic root ح-ر-ف (h-r-f)
Form I verb حَرَفَ: to turn to the opposite side
22 words in the dictionary are built from ح-ر-ف, including verbs in Forms I, II, V, VII, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
Most common
Noun
مُحْتَرِف
professional
Verb · Form VII
اِنْحَرَفَ
to deviate
Noun
حِرَفِيّ
craftsman
Noun
اِنْحِرَاف
deviation
Noun
مُنْحَرَف
bend
Verbs and the nouns that come from them
حَرَفَ
· present يَحْرِفُ
Form I · The plain action
to turn to the opposite side; to trade, to do business; to trim, to snip
حَرْف
cutting edge
حَرْف
hardy
حَارِف
مَحْرُوف
حَرَّفَ
· present يُحَرِّفُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to slant, to incline; to bend down, up, or back, to turn down, up, or back; to deflect
تَحْرِيف
verbal noun of حَرَّفَ
مُحَرِّف
مُحَرَّف
تَحَرَّفَ
· present يَتَحَرَّفُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to turn off, to branch off, to take a turn; to deviate, to depart, to digress; to avoid
تَحَرُّف
مُتَحَرِّف
مُتَحَرَّف
اِنْحَرَفَ
· present يَنْحَرِفُ
Form VII · Passive or resultative
to deviate, to depart, to digress, to turn away; to turn; to branch off
اِنْحِرَاف
deviation
مُنْحَرِف
مُنْحَرَف
bend
اِحْتَرَفَ
· present يَحْتَرِفُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to do professionally
Form
active participle of اِنْحَرَفَ (inḥarafa)
Other nouns and adjectives
حِرَفِيّ
craftsman
حُرْف
cress
حِرِّيف
pungent
حِرِّيف
spicy food
حِرْفَة
craft
مِحْرَف
character
حَرْفِيًّا
literally
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